aficionado

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He could move with the grace of the tango aficionado he became or with the slow, pained gait of the cancer-ridden editor he played in “The Paper.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

If he’s an aficionado of fiction, there’s quite a few in the latest Booker Prize shortlist.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 17, 2026

Bartlett, on the other hand, says he is a longtime soccer aficionado who stumbled upon the canceled Total 90 trademark while looking up names for a soccer fantasy app he wanted to develop.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

BBC Radio Ulster broadcaster and vinyl aficionado Ralph McLean said there was a more intimate feel to a physical product.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025

An aficionado is one who is passionate about the bull-fights.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway