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[ noun ] a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)

Used in print

(Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)

At the home of a gourmet the new maid was instructed in the fine points of serving .

But since the gourmet insisted that it is done that way at_the_most fashionable dinners , the girl reluctantly agreed .

Related terms

sensualist

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