Hypertext Webster Gateway: "connoisseur"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Connoisseur \Con`nois*seur"\ (?; 277), n. [F. connaisseur,
formerly connoisseur, fr. conna[^i]tre to know, fr. L.
cognoscere to become acquainted with; co- + noscere,
gnoscere, to learn to know. See {Know}, {amd 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
connoisseur
n : an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine
arts [syn: {cognoscenti}]
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