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con·nois·seur (n.) Pronunciation: “kä-n&-&#039s&r also -&#039sur
A person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts.
A person of informed and discriminating taste: a connoisseur of fine wines.

Etymology: obsolete French (now connaisseur), from Old French connoisseor, from connoistre to know, from Latin cognoscere — more at COGNITION

1 : EXPERT; especially : one who understands the details, technique, or principles of an art and is competent to act as a critical judge
2 : one who enjoys with discrimination and appreciation of subtleties: “a connoisseur of fine wines”

Synonyms aesthete, cognoscente, dilettante
Related Word bon vivant, epicure, gourmet; adept, authority, critic, expert
Contrasted Words abecedarian, amateur, dabbler, tyro