aficionado

• POS: Noun
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OXFORD DICTIONARY

aficionado, n. (pl. -os) a devotee of a sport or pastime (orig. of bullfighting).

Etymology

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THESAURUS

aficionado

Maecenas, abettor, admirer, advocate, amateur, angel, apologist, attender, audience, authority, backer, buff, bug, champion, connoisseur, crank, critic, defender, dependence, devotee, dilettante, encourager, endorser, energumen, enthusiast, expert, exponent, fan, fanatic, fanatico, favorer, freak, frequenter, friend at court, habitue, haunter, infatuate, lover, lunatic fringe, mainstay, maintainer, monomaniac, nut, paranymph, partisan, patron, promoter, protagonist, pundit, reliance, savant, scholar, second, seconder, sectary, sider, specialist, spectator, sponsor, stalwart, standby, support, supporter, sustainer, sympathizer, technical expert, technician, theatergoer, upholder, visitor, votary, well-wisher, zealot