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- noun informal a female
connoisseur
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Examples
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She went directly from Berkeley to the Sorbonne, and so became a connoisseuse of riot.
Althouse Derangement Syndrome. Ann Althouse 2007
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This connoisseuse of "splendid weaknesses," run not by any lust or even velleity but by vacuum: by the absence of human hope.
Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978
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I hope these things will be liked; they were well chosen, and a les connoisseuse assure me, of the newest fashion.
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This astounding image (from girlzoot, whom I’m learning is quite the connoisseuse) is a 1991 work by Jan Saudek entitled The Walkman. girlzoot “love (s) this particular card because of the combination of classic posing with modern technology,” as do I.
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