[ noun ] someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field <noun.person>
Last August and September, mutual fund maven John Templeton bought $1.4 million of the fund's shares, saying that he was bullish on emerging growth stocks.
Leonard's answers about his reasons for exchanging the comforts of life as a television fight maven and restaurateur for the rigors of the ring have varied more widely.
Among those appearing with President Reagan and his wife, Nancy, on the list announced Tuesday by manners maven Marjabelle Stewart were actor Jimmy Stewart; Sam M. Walton, founder of Wal-Mart Stores; and singer Dolly Parton.