connoisseur
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She said: "Record shops of the world will know first-hand that above all, Robert Plant is a connoisseur of his craft whose appetite for musical discoveries has not waned with the passage of time."
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
“I became a bit of a connoisseur of bob runs,” said John Eaves, a world-champion freestyle skier.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026
Lillian Disney, a connoisseur of flowers, would die before the hall was finished, but its hidden rear garden is centered around the “Rose for Lilly” fountain, composed of thousands of broken blue-and-white Delft china pieces.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
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
They were in one of those long breaks in the sermon that the priest, a connoisseur of unbearable silences, used with frequency and to great effect.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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