Boswell (redirected from Boswellize)

Bos·well  (bzwl, -wl)

n.

An assiduous and devoted admirer, student, and recorder of another's words and deeds.

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[After James Boswell.]

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Boswell·ize (-z) v.

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Boswell, James 1740-1795.

British lawyer, diarist, and writer renowned as the biographer of Samuel Johnson.

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Bos·welli·an adj. & n.

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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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Noun	1.	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"