gourmet
noun
a connoisseur of fine food and drink; epicure.
gourmets
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pluralof gourmet.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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So the years that followed brought a concerted effort to record and preserve Italian foodways, but the link to thousand-year-old traditions that gourmets are always invoking was still missing from the picture.
From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2023
In Brussels, the epicenter of the EU, restaurant owners have imagined how a future without gas and electricity would look like for gourmets.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
Shirtless men in waist-high water scooped out the salt crystals for sale to gourmets in Europe.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2019
But even gourmets, churning out flavors like matcha and rose water, can’t break my attachment to Carvel.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2018
Suitable Spots.—Ware-ham—for abstainers from pork; Whits-table—for facetious gourmets; Wig-more—for bald men; Wig-ton—for perruquiers; Winfarthing—for small gamblers; Wo-burn—for firemen.
From Mr. Punch On Tour by Various
