aficionado
Example Sentences
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Basil had tremendous expertise in housing finance, but less in banking; Karen was a banking aficionado with limited knowledge of housing.
Lego aficionados or those who grew up with the sets will likely spy many an allusion to past toys.
From Los Angeles Times
“Man on the Run” is chock-full of unseen archival footage — the kind that McCartney aficionados will relish as Neville paints a revealing picture of the musician’s post-Beatles challenges.
From Salon
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
For aficionados of video art, “What a Wonderful World” is an overdue foray into the United States.
From Los Angeles Times
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