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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz]

Merriam Webster's

also mavin noun Etymology: Yiddish meyvn, from Late Hebrew m?bh?n Date: 1950 one who is experienced or knowledgeable ; expert; also freak 4a

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. US colloq. an expert or connoisseur. Etymology: Heb. mebin

Moby Thesaurus

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