virtuoso
    adj 1: having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a
           consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful
           speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance
           of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance" [syn:
           consummate, masterful, masterly, virtuoso(a)]
    n 1: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace,
         adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin,
         virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar,
         whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz]
    2: a musician who is a consummate master of technique and
       artistry

Virtuoso \Vir`tu*o"so\, n.; pl. Virtuosos; It. Virtuosi.
   [It. See Virtuous.]
   1. One devoted to virtu; one skilled in the fine arts, in
      antiquities, and the like; a collector or ardent admirer
      of curiosities, etc.
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            Virtuoso the Italians call a man who loves the noble
            arts, and is a critic in them.        --Dryden.
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   2. (Mus.) A performer on some instrument, as the violin or
      the piano, who excels in the technical part of his art; a
      brilliant concert player.
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