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connoisseur

[kon-uh-sur, -soor] / ˌkɒn əˈsɜr, -ˈsʊər /


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As far as horror films go, writer-director Ian Tuason’s debut feature “Undertone” has just about everything a genre connoisseur could ever want, all rolled into one.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

I’m something of a Pilates connoisseur, and the class hit all the familiar beats, challenging and satisfying.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

Phillips said a 1518 was the sort of watch that once acquired, "a connoisseur can feel to have reached the utmost peak of collecting".

From Barron's • Nov. 9, 2025

In 1996, for example, she was billed as a "chat-up connoisseur" during a dating segment on Good Morning with Anne and Nick.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

Mommy was a connoisseur of ministers; she knew them the way a French wine connoisseur knows Beaujolais red from Vouvray white.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride