Aficionado
Aficionado noun - A person with a strong and habitual liking for something.
Usage example: an aficionado of the sci-fi series who has seen all the movies several times
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Synonyms for Aficionado
Buff
Buff noun - A person with a strong and habitual liking for something.
Usage example: he's such a film buff that he owns over 3,000 movies
Aficionado is a synonym for buff in expert topic. You can use "Aficionado" instead a noun "Buff", if it concerns topics such as lover, people, fan, enthusiast. popular alternative
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Christopher Lee: Most prolific actor, Opera aficionado, expert fencer, master of languages, occult buff, former WWII commando, and sometime Heavy Metal singer.
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