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Boswell

[ boz-wel, -wuh l ]

/ ˈbɒzˌwɛl, -wəl /

noun

James,1740–95, Scottish author: biographer of Samuel Johnson.

any devoted biographer of a specific person.

OTHER WORDS FROM Boswell

Bos·well·i·an

[boz-wel-ee-uh n] /bɒzˈwɛl i ən/, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for boswell

The Kentucky bard Ed McClanahan once lived in California, where among various endeavors he played Boswell to the Grateful Dead.

The Stacks: Grateful Dead I Have Known |Ed McClanahan |August 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
None of the officials will be able to get their old jobs back, and Boswell will not return as the head of diplomatic security.

Kerry Reinstates Benghazi Officials Clinton Punished |Josh Rogin |August 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Boswell is a man of the modern West, a spiritual descendant of the Wallace Stegner school of writing.

A Bar of Paranoid Schizos: Robert Boswell’s ‘Tumbledown’ |Drew Toal |August 6, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
“I wanted to make this film because I wanted to inspire people,” Boswell told The Daily Beast.

Whitney Young Jr., the Boardroom Hero of the Civil Rights Movement |Nina Strochlic |February 18, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

A U.S. official who has read the classified report said Lamb and Boswell were named in that version.

Benghazi Resignations Begin |Eli Lake |December 19, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
It is giving him no excessive praise to say that he makes himself as interesting as Johnson and Boswell together.

The Age of Dryden |Richard Garnett
Rasay has written to Boswell an account of the injury done him by representing his house as subordinate to that of Dunvegan.

Life Of Johnson, Volume 5 |Boswell
One of the most instructive, interesting, and delightful books in our language is Boswell's Life of Johnson.

The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 4 (of 4) |Thomas Babington Macaulay
My visit had not been a success, I cannot recommend a Boswell pilgrimage.

The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred Affections |A. Edward Newton
In Mr. Boswell's Life of Johnson, mention is made of one who was then in a state of want.

The Life of Hugo Grotius |Charles Butler

British Dictionary definitions for boswell

Boswell

/ (ˈbɒzwəl) /

noun

James . 1740–95, Scottish author and lawyer, noted particularly for his Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)

Derived forms of Boswell

Boswellian (bɒzˈwɛlɪən), adjective