aficionado

For the serious aficionado, there are intricate tactical breakdowns and opaque stats like expected goals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

Some retail investors, like this videogame aficionado, made a killing, but there are reasons to take a sobering look at AI.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

"I'm not really a musical expert or aficionado," he says.

From BBC ● May 24, 2026

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

Mary asked Helen, an aficionado of the outdoors, to take Janice trekking with a full backpack, first on Buckroe Beach, then up into Virginia’s Shenandoah mountains.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

He went to bat for gummy aficionados during oral argument.

From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026

Thrust into a position that was not his, Bradley had to endure the jeers of frenzied aficionados at the start of his professional career, along with spitting and tossed coins.

From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026

Some aficionados would still prefer the real thing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

So far, so forgettable for those fans who aren't MLS aficionados.

From BBC ● May 5, 2026

Those who were aficionados could always get rooms even when the hotel was full.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway