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COGNOSCENTE

\kˈɒɡnəsənt], \kˈɒɡnəsənt], \k_ˈɒ_ɡ_n_ə_s_ə_n_t]\

Definitions of COGNOSCENTE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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A connoisseur.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A connoisseur.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A connoisseur.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

ko-nyo-shent'e, n. one professing a critical knowledge of works of art, and of a somewhat more pretentious character than amateurs:--pl. COGNOSCENTI (ko-nyo-shent'[=e]). [It.,--L. cognosc[)e]re.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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