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GOURMET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gourmet mean?
• GOURMET (noun)
The noun GOURMET has 1 sense:
1. a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
Familiarity information: GOURMET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
bon vivant; epicure; epicurean; foodie; gastronome; gourmet
Hypernyms ("gourmet" is a kind of...):
sensualist (a person who enjoys sensuality)
Context examples
The researchers discovered that the galloping gourmets are indeed big on bamboo—and are drawn to the same sunny, gently sloped spots as pandas.
(Belly up to the bamboo buffet: Pandas vs. horses, NSF)
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