maven

The definition of a maven is an expert.

(noun)

An example of a maven is someone who knows all about wine.

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See maven in Webster's New World College Dictionary

or mavin

noun

Informal an expert or connoisseur, often specif. a self-proclaimed one

Origin: Yiddish < LHeb mēvin

See maven in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also ma·vin

noun
A person who has special knowledge or experience; an expert.

Origin:

Origin: Yiddish meyvn

Origin: , from Hebrew mēbîn

Origin: , active participle of hēbîn, to understand, derived stem of bîn, to discern; see byn in Semitic roots

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