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Boswell

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Bos·well  (bzwl, -wl)
n.
An assiduous and devoted admirer, student, and recorder of another's words and deeds.
[After James Boswell.]
Boswell·ize (-z) v.
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Noun1.BoswellBoswell - Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740-1795)
James Boswell
2.Boswell - a devoted admirer and recorder of another's words and deeds
admirer, booster, protagonist, supporter, champion, friend - a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"
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Just a little before this a young Scotsman named James Boswell got to know the great man.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
The imagination thrills, and Heaven knows what figures people still its broad stream, Doctor Johnson with Boswell by his side, an old Pepys going on board a man-o'-war: the pageant of English history, and romance, and high adventure.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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