connoisseur
Example Sentences
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Even if hoops connoisseurs don’t love the aesthetics of everything the Gamecocks do, they cannot deny the greatness in their brand of basketball.
From Washington Post
Performing arts connoisseurs will tell you that tension is drama's backbone.
From Salon
He conceded it was “strong cheese,” perhaps only for hard-core connoisseurs.
From New York Times
Visitors, connoisseurs and tour guides chat while catching glimpses of Caravaggio’s great painting when a coin dropped in a slot provides momentary illumination: “What next, paying in a church,” one tourist complains.
From Washington Post
The self-educated Freer often proved himself a discerning connoisseur.
From Washington Post
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