Gastronome

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gastronome \Gas"tro*nome\, Gastronomer \Gas*tron"o*mer\, n. [F.
     gastronome, fr. Gr. ?, ?, stomach + ? law, ? to distribute.]
     One fond of good living; an epicure. --Sir W. Scott.
     Gastronomic

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  gastronome
       n : a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially
           good food and drink) [syn: {epicure}, {gourmet}, {bon
           vivant}, {epicurean}, {foodie}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "gastronome":
     Brillat-Savarin, Lucullus, aesthete, board-and-roomer, boarder,
     bon vivant, cannibal, carnivore, connoisseur, connoisseur of food,
     consumer, dilettante, diner, diner-out, eater, eater-out, epicure,
     feeder, flesh-eater, fruitarian, gastronomer, gastronomist,
     glutton, gourmand, gourmet, grain-eater, graminivore, granivore,
     herbivore, high liver, hungry mouth, lactovegetarian, luncher,
     man-eater, meat-eater, mouth, omnivore, omophagist, pantophagist,
     phytophage, picnicker, plant-eater, predacean, trencherman,
     vegetarian