Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!JoSH@RUTGERS.ARPA From: JoSH@RUTGERS.ARPA Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Maven Message-ID: <12395@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Aug-84 02:18:41 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12395 Posted: Mon Aug 20 02:18:41 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Aug-84 02:54:42 EDT Lines: 13 From: JoSHWebsters' defines "maven" (also "mavin" or "mayvin") as "n [Yiddish "meyvn", fr LHeb "mebhin"]: one who is experienced or knowlegeable: EXPERT" No mention is made of sex. In common usage in my experience, "maven" is used interchangeably with "expert". The word "master" derives from the Latin "magister" through the French, not Hebrew. The feminine form of "master" is "mistress". --JoSH -------