Connoisseur

(kŏn′nis-sŭr′, or kŏn′nis-sūr′, 38) (Synop., § 130), n. [Fr., from connoître, to know, to be acquainted with, from Lat. cognoscere, to become acquainted with, from co, for con, and noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know.] One well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; a critical judge or master of any art, particularly of painting, music, and sculpture. “To get the name of connoisseur.” Swift.