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
Yang, a car aficionado, wanted to give her 2-year-old son a close-up look at the factory.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026
A spokesman for Polis told 9News said the governor was "surprised to learn the president of the United States is an aficionado of our Colorado State Capitol and its artwork".
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025
An aficionado is one who is passionate about the bull-fights.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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