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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A person with superior, usually specialized knowledge or highly refined taste; a connoisseur.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A connoisseur: most used in the plural.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Someone possessing superior or specialized knowledge in a particular field; a connoisseur.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A connoisseur.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts

Etymologies

  1. Obsolete Italian cognoscente (now conoscente) from Latin cognoscere "to know" (Wiktionary)
  2. Obsolete Italian, from Latin cognōscēns, cognōscent-, present participle of cognōscere, to know; see cognition. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • Prolagus In modern Italian, this word is not in use, and conoscente (same etymology) means "acquaintance" (someone who knows... who you are). Jun 28, 2008

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‘cognoscente’ has been looked up 2833 times, loved by 7 people, added to 26 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 16.