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Webster 1913 Edition
Connoisseur
Conˊnois-seur′
(?; 277)
, Noun.
[F.
connaisseur
, formerly connoisseur
, fr. connaître
to know, fr. L. cognoscere
to become acquainted with; co-
+ noscere
, gnoscere
, to learn to know. See Know
, and cf. Cognizor
.] One well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; a critical judge of any art, particulary of one of the fine arts.
The
connoisseur
is “one who knows,” as opposed to the dilettant, who only “thinks he knows.” Fairholt.
Webster 1828 Edition
Connoisseur
CONNOISSEUR
,Noun.