aficionado
Example Sentences
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I’m more aficionado than maniac, but I find them endlessly listenable, rewatchable — they just look great, for one thing — and interesting.
From Los Angeles Times
And if a Chicago Bears fan like him can make the journey from soccer agnostic to aficionado, Hunt believes others can too.
From Los Angeles Times
Katie Parla, a pasta aficionado and the author of cookbooks such as “Food of the Italian Islands,” had a similar reaction.
From Washington Post
His role as Charon, the concierge at the Continental, a New York hotel that is also an underworld hub, is a fan favorite among aficionados of the franchise.
From Los Angeles Times
My brothers and I were aficionados of Mad magazine, and a 1968 issue explained to us young ’uns how to tell “a square” from a hip person.
From Washington Post
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