Maven Definition
māvən
mavens
noun
mavens
A person who has special knowledge or experience; an expert.
American Heritage
An expert or connoisseur, often, specif., a self-proclaimed one.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Maven
Noun
Singular:
maven
Plural:
mavensOrigin of Maven
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Yiddish meyvn from Hebrew mēbîn active participle of hēbîn to understand derived stem of bîn to discern byn in Semitic roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Yiddish מבֿין (meyvn, “know-it-all"), from Hebrew מֵבִין (mevín, “one who understands, connoisseur, expert").
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