maven
or ma·vin
an expert or connoisseur.
Origin of maven
1Words Nearby maven
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How to use maven in a sentence
Some residents in and around Major’s hometown of Auburn breathed a sigh of relief when they read the wannabe intelligence maven was behind bars.
‘Soon I Will Own You’: Inside the Wild Life of a Fake CIA Bro | Kate Briquelet, Justin Rohrlich | August 5, 2022 | The Daily BeastSwinton’s character is based on Rosamond Bernier, a society maven and journalist who became famous in the 1970s for giving art-history presentations while dressed in dazzling dinner gowns.
With The French Dispatch, Wes Anderson Overindulges on Whimsy—But His Heart Is in the Right Place | Stephanie Zacharek | October 22, 2021 | TimeTina, my wife and our family’s lone gear maven, explained with the patience of a school-teaching saint that water, though, is obnoxiously omnipresent on the AT.
The Vargo Bot Is the Only Backpacking Cookpot You Need | awise | September 20, 2021 | Outside OnlineOn July 8-9, this two-day virtual bootcamp will deliver leading startup gurus, mavens and masters serving up choice, actionable advice on essential topics designed to help you build a stronger startup.
Only two more weeks until TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing & Fundraising | Alexandra Ames | June 25, 2021 | TechCrunchFor us beauty mavens, the whole point of spring cleaning is to make room for lots more products.
I remember that he's a food-and-wine maven and rather formal.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo this day, Bush media maven Roger Ailes adamantly denies that he or the campaign had any role in the Willie Horton mug shot ad.
Pia Mancini, a young political-science maven and one of the co-founders of the party, begins the meeting with a word: “anxious.”
maven Sonae – Comedian Tracy Morgan chose this word name for his new daughter.
Kate Winslet’s Bear Rocknroll & Other Crazy Celebrity Baby Names of 2013 | Pamela Redmond Satran/Nameberry | December 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBullock suffered a very public split from muscle car maven Jesse James in 2010 following reports of his infidelity.
Alfonso Cuaron Explains the Darwinian Ending of ‘Gravity’ | Marlow Stern | October 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for maven
mavin
/ (ˈmeɪvən) /
US an expert or connoisseur
Origin of maven
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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