English-Thai Dictionary

connoisseur

N ผู้เชี่ยวชาญ  expert aesthete phu-chiao-chan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONNOISSEUR

n.[L., to know. ] A person well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; a critical judge or master of any art, particularly of painting and sculpture.

 

CONNOISSEURSHIP

n.The skill of a connoisseur.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONNOISSEUR

Con `nois *seur ", n. Etym: [F. connaisseur, formerly connoisseur, fr. connaître to know, fr. L. cognoscere to become acquainted with; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know. See Know, amd cf. Cognizor. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

CONNOISSEURSHIP

CONNOISSEURSHIP Con `nois *seur "ship, n.

 

Defn: State of being a connoisseur.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

connoisseur

con nois seur |ˌkänəˈsər, -ˈso͝or ˌkɑnəˈsər | ▶noun an expert judge in matters of taste: a connoisseur of music. DERIVATIVES con nois seur ship |-ˌSHip |noun ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from obsolete French, from conoistre ‘know. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

connoisseur

connoisseur |ˌkɒnəˈsəː | ▶noun an expert judge in matters of taste: a connoisseur of music. DERIVATIVES connoisseurship noun ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from obsolete French, from conoistre ‘know ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

connoisseur

connoisseur noun a connoisseur of fine wines: expert, authority, specialist, pundit, savant; arbiter of taste, aesthete; gourmet, epicure, gastronome; informal buff, maven.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

connoisseur

connoisseur noun a connoisseur of fine wines: expert judge (of ), authority (on ), specialist (in ); arbiter of taste, pundit, savant, one of the cognoscenti, aesthete; gourmet, epicure, gastronome; informal buff; N. Amer. informal maven. ANTONYMS ignoramus.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

connoisseur

con nois seur /kɑ̀nəsə́ː r |kɔ̀n -/〖＜フランス 〗名詞 C (美術 食べ物 酒などについて )よく知っている人 ; 鑑定家 ; 目利き, (…)通 .