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n. "An expert or connoisseur; a specialist." (JPS)
"She's a maven of the history of the synagogue."
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Yiddish מבֿין meyvn 'expert', from Hebrew מבין mevin 'understands' (singular masculine present tense), 'one who understands'
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Can be used to describe someone who claims to be an expert, even though they are not, such as "they think they're a maven in medicine because they live next door to a doctor."
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