aficionado

To the aficionado, however, it marked a milestone.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Moreover, he’s a chess-playing, gourmet cooking, crime fiction aficionado and jazz lover equally comfortable on the mean streets of East Daygo and in the lush life of La Jolla Farms estates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

It was that exact spirit of inquiry, within an article about the history of the doo-wop revival, that caught the attention of another doo-wop aficionado from South Jersey.

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 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

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

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

Kao was an unusual figure among the company’s low-key naval engineers and boat aficionados.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

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

The two plan to transform one of America’s most historic racetracks into a world-class motorsports hub—and the latest opportunity for high-income car aficionados to spend their cash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

During the summer of 1955 Bobby serendipitously happened upon a gathering place for chess aficionados and, in so doing, raised his game to a whole new level.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady