connoisseur

[Fr., from conn aître = to know; Lat.cognosco.] One well skilled in any art; an adept, a judge, a critic of the fine arts; a skillful or clever person. the sheep are placed on a table and are studied like a picture by a connoi eur."-Darwin: Origin of Species (ed. 1859), ch. i., p. 31. con-no is-seûr-ship, 8. [Eng. connoi eur; -ship. The position or skill of a connoi eur; crit ical judgment. conn or con-nor, 8. [Etym. doubtful.] A fish, Crenilab rus melops. It is called also the Gilthead and the Golden Maid. It is found in the waters of the North Atlantic. [CRENILABRUS.]