Boswell

Full definition of Boswell

Proper noun

1. of Norman origin from Beuzeville in France.
2. James Boswell, biographer of .

Derived terms

• Boswellian
• Boswellize

Noun

1. A devoted admirer and recorder of a person's words and deeds.
• 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, '':"I think that I had better go, Holmes."//"Not a bit, Doctor. Stay where you are. I am lost without my Boswell. And this promises to be interesting. It would be a pity to miss it."

Anagrams

• bellows