maven

Or ma·vin

[mey-vuhn]

noun

1. an expert or connoisseur.

maven

/ ˈmeɪvən /

noun

1. an expert or connoisseur

Word History and Origins

Origin of maven¹

1960–65; < Yiddish < Hebrew: connoisseur

Word History and Origins

Origin of maven¹

C20: from Yiddish, from Hebrew mevin understanding

Example Sentences

Eventually, I got an Instagram account and some of the stuff would go there, but I’m not really a social media maven either.”

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The problem involves something that market mavens know about, but that the general public doesn’t.

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The popular data maven has signed a deal with NBC that will expand his presence across the network’s news and sports divisions.

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The rapper and style maven played his first show Saturday since being acquitted in a recent felony assault case.

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“The Insider” is Alice Denney, a Washington, D.C., art maven, wife of a State Department lawyer, and friend of the Kennedy family.

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