Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman who is a devotee or fan.
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- noun rare A devoted admirer. A female
aficionado .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The Doha Tribeca Film Festival is the kind of event that can make all other film festivals seem unexciting, especially for an Arab film aficionada like me.
E. Nina Rothe: Doha Tribeca Film Fest 2011: Nadine Labaki's Latest, Antonio Banderas, and the Wonder of Black Gold E. Nina Rothe 2011
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Rumor (or is it Rumour?) has that, in her junior high days, Sheila was an aficionado (or is it aficionada?) of ground guinea pig on crackers.
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Restaurateur and fashion aficionada Elizabeth An made it real for a glittering group of invited guests from across Orange County society
Tina Daunt: A Magical Fusion of Food and Fashion Tina Daunt 2010
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It's every girl's dream, and last weekend, restaurateur and fashion aficionada Elizabeth An and couture curator Christos Garkinos of
Tina Daunt: A Magical Fusion of Food and Fashion Tina Daunt 2010
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Because I loves me some seanan_mcguire, and while I never watched The West Wing nor read Transmetropolitan, I am a big ol' Zombie aficionada.
seanan_mcguire: Brilliance in marketing. seanan_mcguire 2009
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Rumor (or is it Rumour?) has that, in her junior high days, Sheila was an aficionado (or is it aficionada?) of ground guinea pig on crackers.
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Under your watch, the Bush aficionada obstinately challenged the patriotism of the voices of America's watchmen.
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With those credentials as well as being an aficionada of Keith Olberman's nightly "Worst Person in the World" shtick, I recently decided to start my own list of the Stupidest Women in America (SWIAA ™).
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In respecting hirn~ Sefiora Evans, you become a true aficionada.
Mexico Michener, James 1992
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The first -- it was hard to admit this, even to himself -- was none other than the child-woman of the Shaandaar, his loyal ally in that nightmare time which he was now trying so mightily to conceal behind banalities and mists, the aficionada of the martial arts, Hanif Johnson's lover, Mishal Sufyan.
The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967
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