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From: JoSH@RUTGERS.ARPA
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Subject: Maven
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Date: Mon, 20-Aug-84 02:18:41 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 20 02:18:41 1984
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From:  JoSH 

Websters' 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
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