| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| mavin |
| SYLLABICATION: | ma·vin |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also ma·ven |
| NOUN: | A person who has special knowledge or experience; an expert. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | Yiddish meyvn, from Hebrew m bîn, active participle of hbîn, to understand, derived stem of bîn, to discern.
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