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

gourmet \gour`met"\ g=oor`masl", n. f.
   a connoisseur in eating and drinking; an epicure.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

gourmet
     n : a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment especially
         good food and drink syn: epicure, gastronome, bon
         vivant, epicurean, foodie
see also:
epicure gastronome bon vivant epicurean foodie 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

71 moby thesaurus words for "gourmet":
   brillat-savarin, cyrenaic, heliogabalus, lucullus, sardanapalus,
   amateur, arbiter, arbiter elegantiarum, arbiter of taste,
   authority, board-and-roomer, boarder, bon vivant, cannibal,
   carnivore, carpet knight, cognoscente, collector, connaisseur,
   connoisseur, connoisseur of food, consumer, critic, dilettante,
   diner, diner-out, eater, eater-out, epicure, epicurean, expert,
   feeder, flesh-eater, fruitarian, gastronome, gastronomer,
   gastronomist, glutton, good judge, gourmand, grain-eater,
   graminivore, granivore, hedonist, herbivore, high liver,
   hungry mouth, judge, lactovegetarian, luncher, man-eater, maven,
   meat-eater, mouth, omnivore, omophagist, pantophagist, phytophage,
   picnicker, plant-eater, pleasure-seeker, predacean, refined palate,
   sensualist, sensuist, swine, sybarite, trencherman, vegetarian,
   virtuoso, voluptuary

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