maven

HYPHEN

ma=ven

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun maven has 1 sense

maven(n = noun.person) ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard - someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field; Array

is a kind of expert

has particulars: track star

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

maven, n. US colloq. an expert or connoisseur.

Etymology

Heb. mebin

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THESAURUS

maven

adept, amateur, arbiter, arbiter elegantiarum, arbiter of taste, authority, bon vivant, cognoscente, collector, connaisseur, connoisseur, critic, dab, dabster, dilettante, epicure, epicurean, expert, good judge, gourmand, gourmet, judge, master, past master, professional, proficient, refined palate, virtuoso

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