Definition of Connoisseur

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CONNOISSEUR noun

	A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else. An old wine-bibber having been smashed in a railway collision, some wine was pouted on his lips to revive him. 'Pauillac, 1873,' he murmured and died.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

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Regular definition:

CONNOISSEUR:
?k?n??s?: n. (often foll. by of, in) an expert judge in matters of taste (a connoisseur of fine wine). øøconnoisseurship n. [F, obs. spelling of connaisseur f. pres. stem of connaítre know + -eur -or(1): cf. reconnoitre]

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