- a variation of aficionado.
afficionado
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“I assume he doesn’t just scream at people and wear a mask,” said Matthew Clayton, a 19-year-old physics major and heavy-metal afficionado, referring to Mr. Taylor’s Slipknot persona.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2011
Size Matters isn't what Meantime was, but there's something any Helmet afficionado can appreciate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Scott headlined a rockabilly revival tour of England in 1977 and, in later decades, maintained a following among the genre’s afficionados.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2020
Does the percentage of cat owners versus guinea pig afficionados track?
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2018
Shortening the game by 15 minutes will not convert those who insist upon fast action into baseball afficionados.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2018
“The first thing that caught our eye was the dichotomy between the couture fashion world and the climbing world. Climbers are self-proclaimed dirtbags,” she said, not high-fashion afficionados.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2016
But for McLean afficionados there is a greater prize.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2015
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