Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An enthusiastic admirer or follower; a fan.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who likes, knows about, and appreciates a particular interest or activity; a
fan ordevotee .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performer
- noun a fan of bull fighting
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Shankar Chatterjee, a medical doctor and hockey aficionado, is focusing on the sport's future.
A Hockey Player India Could Use Nicolas Brulliard 2010
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My mother on the other hand, is a big time sea urchin aficionado and will eat the roe a la carte straight from the ocean.
Sea Urchins with Tips on How to Open Them (Αχινός) Laurie Constantino 2008
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Mr. Wakamatsu was known as an aficionado of geiko and our world.
Geisha, A Life Mineko Iwasaki with Rande Brown 2002
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Mr. Wakamatsu was known as an aficionado of geiko and our world.
Geisha, A Life Mineko Iwasaki with Rande Brown 2002
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Toronto, Canada - Consider yourself a word aficionado?
MacMegasite 2009
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Any true crime aficionado is familiar with Gregg’s work – seven non-fiction titles, New York Times bestseller, oft-quoted television personality, expert is all things criminal.
February 2007 2007
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Any true crime aficionado is familiar with Gregg’s work – seven non-fiction titles, New York Times bestseller, oft-quoted television personality, expert is all things criminal.
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NGCA, Thu to 18 JunRCCollector, curator and erstwhile art dealer, Monika Kinley is well known as an aficionado of outsider art.
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Dash, a pseudo hipster word aficionado, stumbles upon a red moleskin notebook tucked inside a dust covered book hidden within 18 miles of shelves of Downtown Manhattan's Strand bookstore.
Caitlin Colford: Required Holiday Reading: Dash and Lily's Book of Dares Caitlin Colford 2010
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Dash, a pseudo hipster word aficionado, stumbles upon a red moleskin notebook tucked inside a dust covered book hidden within 18 miles of shelves of Downtown Manhattan's Strand bookstore.
Caitlin Colford: Required Holiday Reading: Dash and Lily's Book of Dares Caitlin Colford 2010
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