connoisseur

  • 41connoisseur — [ˌkɒnəˈsɜː] noun [C] someone who knows a lot about a particular thing and enjoys it very much …

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  • 42connoisseur — con•nois•seur [[t]ˌkɒn əˈsɜr, ˈsʊər[/t]] n. 1) a person esp. competent to pass critical judgments in an art or in matters of taste 2) a discerning judge of the best in any field • Etymology: 1705–15; < F; OF conoiseor=con(n)ois , s. of… …

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  • 43connoisseur — /kɒnəˈsɜ / (say konuh ser) noun someone competent to pass critical judgements in an art, especially one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste. {French (now connaisseur), from connaître, older connoître, from Latin cognoscere come to know} …

  • 44The Connoisseur car — was a special railway carriage that was used in the consist of a number of passenger trains in New Zealand. History Inception In 1987, a private tourist firm, Globetrotter Tours New Zealand Ltd leased a New Zealand Railways Corporation 56 single… …

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  • 45Cinema Connoisseur — is a weekly film review column published in many newspapers in Canada and Idaho, most notably the Interrobang, the official student newspaper of Fanshawe College in London, Ontario.The article was first published in September 2006, and focused on …

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  • 46The Connoisseur — (by Mr. Town [pseud.] , Critic, and Censor General. 2 vols. 140 nos. (January 31, 1754 September 30, 1756), was a London weekly 18th century newspaper chiefly run by George Colman the Elder and Bonnell Thornton as a plebeian counterpart to Edward …

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  • 47connoisseurship — connoisseur ► NOUN ▪ an expert judge in matters of taste. DERIVATIVES connoisseurship noun. ORIGIN French, from connaître know …

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  • 48art criticism — Description, interpretation, and evaluation of works of art, manifested in journal reviews, books, and patronage. Art criticism encompasses a wide variety of approaches, from critical commentary to more subjective emotional reactions inspired by… …

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  • 49arts, East Asian — Introduction       music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature.       Some studies of East Asia… …

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  • 50Ruth Laredo — Ruth Laredo, 1990, in New York City (Foto: Privatalbum Jennifer Laredo Watkins) Ruth Laredo (geborene Meckler), * 20. November 1937 in Detroit (Michigan); † 26. Mai 2005 in New York City (New York) war eine US amerikanische klassische Pianistin.… …

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