aficionados
noun/əˌfɪʃəˈnɑdoʊz/
Frequency rank: #17,671 most common English word
Meaning
people who are very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about a particular activity or subject
Example sentence
The concert hall was packed with jazz aficionados who knew every musician on stage.
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