The word for today is…
aficionado (noun):
: a person who likes, knows about, and appreciates a usually fervently pursued interest or activity : devotee
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Before there were nerds, geeks, fanboys, or fangirls, there were aficionados. But not long before, relatively speaking. English borrowed aficionado in the early 1800s directly from Spanish, making a noun out of the past participle of the Spanish verb aficionar, which means “to inspire affection.” Nerd, geek, and the rest can sometimes imply that the devotee in question is overdoing their ardor, but aficionado (which traces further back to the same Latin ancestor that gave us the English word affection) is a more neutral descriptor for someone with an abiding and thoughtful devotion to an interest or activity.
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