Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON-NOIS-SEUR'
CON-NOIS-SEUR', n. [connissu'reĀ ; Fr. from the verb connoitre, from L. cognosco, to know.]
A person well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; a critical judge or master of any art, particularly of painting and sculpture.
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