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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.
Boswell, James 1740-1795.
British lawyer, diarist, and writer renowned as the biographer of Samuel Johnson.
Bos·welli·an adj. & n.
Boswell [ˈbɒzwəl]
n
(Biographies / Boswell, James (1740-1795) M, Scottish, WRITING: author, WRITING: biographer, LAW: lawyer) James. 1740-95, Scottish author and lawyer, noted particularly for his Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
Boswellian  [bɒzˈwɛlɪən] adj
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Noun1.Boswell - Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740-1795)Boswell - 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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