cognoscente

CIDE DICTIONARY

cognoscente, n. [OIt. cognoscente, p. pr. of cognoscere, It. conoscere to know.].

 A connoisseur.  Mason.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cognoscente, n. (pl. cognoscenti) (usu. in pl.) a connoisseur.

Etymology

It., lit. one who knows

THESAURUS

cognoscente

aesthete, amateur, annotator, arbiter, arbiter elegantiarum, arbiter of taste, authority, bon vivant, captious critic, carper, caviler, censor, censurer, collector, commentator, commenter, connaisseur, connoisseur, critic, criticaster, criticizer, critickin, criticule, dab, dilettante, editor, epicure, epicurean, expert, faultfinder, good judge, gourmand, gourmet, judge, literary critic, man of letters, maven, muckraker, proficient, refined palate, reviewer, scholiast, smellfungus, social critic, specialist, textual critic, virtuoso