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Definition
an expert who appreciates the fine points of one of the arts — especially fine cuisine
- A glance at the walls of his salon proved to Franz and Albert that he was a connoisseur of pictures.Chapters 35-36 (73% in)
- He went down to the stables, not without some slight annoyance, when he remembered that the Count of Monte Cristo had laid his hands on a "turnout" which sent his bays down to second place in the opinion of connoisseurs.Chapters 41-42 (75% in)
- "No, excellency, no," returned the steward, with a sort of nervous trembling, which Monte Cristo, a connoisseur in all emotions, rightly attributed to great disquietude.Chapters 41-42 (96% in)
- Come, M. Debray, you are a connoisseur, I believe, let me have your opinion upon them.Chapters 47-48 (15% in)
- As regarded her attainments, the only fault to be found with them was the same that a fastidious connoisseur might have found with her beauty, that they were somewhat too erudite and masculine for so young a person.Chapters 53-54 (15% in)
There are no more uses of "connoisseur" in The Count of Monte Cristo.
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