cognoscente
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co·gno·scen·te
(kŏn'yə-shĕn'tē, kŏg'nə-) 
n., pl., -ti (-tē).
A person with superior, usually specialized knowledge or highly refined taste; a connoisseur.
n., pl., -ti (-tē).
A person with superior, usually specialized knowledge or highly refined taste; a connoisseur.
[Obsolete Italian, from Latin cognōscēns, cognōscent-, present participle of cognōscere, to know. See cognition.]
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- Other Romance Languages - cognoscenti: Italian. those in the know, esp. intellectuals
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Cognoscente
Dansk (Danish)
n. - kender, ekspert
Français (French)
n. - connaisseur
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - γνώστης, ειδήμων, εμπειρογνώμων
Italiano (Italian)
conoscitore
Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - conhecedor (m)
Español (Spanish)
n. - experto, perito
Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - expert
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
鉴赏家, 博学者, 评鉴家
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 鑒賞家, 博學者, 評鑒家
العربيه (Arabic)
(الجمع) المتضلع بالفنون أو الأطعمه أو غيرها
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - אנין טעם, מבין
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