Definition of "taste-maker" [taste-maker]

• Someone who popularizes a new fashion (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "I have read the Lefsetz Letter on and off for years, written by Bob Lefsetz, a music industry attorney, consultant and taste-maker."
• "Being a person of influence, a taste-maker or even a Web celebrity has never been as easy as it is today."
• "The 2002 introduction of Art Basel, an annual contemporary art festival that originated in Switzerland has helped force art-lovers around the world to grudgingly acknowledge the city's status as a high-culture taste-maker."