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Definition of Connoisseurs
1. connoisseur [n] - See also: connoisseur
Lexicographical Neighbors of Connoisseurs
Literary usage of Connoisseurs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"It appears that the kings of that far-off time and land were connoisseurs of art
as well as patrons of literature ; and the art treasures of their palaces ..."
2. Eighteenth Century Essays by Austin Dobson (1888)
"... ART-connoisseurs. [Subtilis veterum judex et callidus S1R, —H0R.] I WAS much
pleased with your ridicule of those shallow Critics, whose judgment, ..."
3. Civilized America by Thomas Colley Grattan (1859)
"... the Fine Arts—Public and Private Collections—" Apollo Association "—Art-Union—Objection
to the Lottery System—connoisseurs — Amateurs—Speculators—Rosa ..."
4. Peter's Letters to His Kinsfolk by John Gibson Lockhart (1820)
"... and lives on familiar 'terms with all the artists of Edinburgh ; and around
whom, in consequence of these circumstances, the whole connoisseurs and ..."
5. Teuffels̓ History of Roman Literature by Wilhelm Sigismund Teuffel (1891)
"IS is a conscientious, sober artist, more to the taste of aristocratic connoisseurs
than of the people. His language too shows everywhere smoothness and ..."
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