gourmands

plural of gourmand
1
as in gourmets
a person with refined tastes in food and wine a finicky gourmand who vacationed in Europe every year simply for the wine

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2
as in pigs
one who eats greedily or too much the kind of gourmand who swallows food without even pausing to taste it

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Recent Examples of gourmands First, because as someone who gravitates toward gourmands, fruity scents, and generally sweeter compositions, Byredo has never really intrigued me much as a brand. Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 15 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • If Toni’s home had been open to gourmets there would always be porgys frying.
    Nikki Giovanni September 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As an alternative, scientists are genetically altering pigs so their organs are more humanlike, less likely to be immediately attacked and destroyed by people’s immune system.
    Lauran Neergaard, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Pepper points out that pigs on factory farms commit acts of violence that would otherwise be rare in their communities.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2025
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  • While not native to Florida, wild hogs, also called feral hogs, feral swine, feral pigs, wild boar, wild pigs or piney woods rooter, live in all 67 Florida counties, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife (FWC).
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Penny has reported on everything from national civil rights issues to hog farming in Illinois, Georgia, Texas and now Arkansas.
    Penny Weaver, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • But now this metropolis of some 2 million people has more and more options for later in the day, ranging from an intimate dining counter where a local chef nerds out about indigenous ingredients to a sleek izakaya bar where the city’s scene-seeking gastronomes gather for spicy tuna hand rolls.
    Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025

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“Gourmands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gourmands. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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