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Boswell

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Lake steamers atBoswell in the Kootenays

Etymology

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Scottish surname, fromNorman, named afterBeuzeville, fromBeuze +‎-ville ("Bosi's farm"); first element fromOld NorseBosi, fromProto-Germanic*bausuz.

Proper noun

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Boswell

  1. AScottishhabitationalsurname from Old French ofNorman origin fromBeuzeville inFrance.
    1. James Boswell, biographer ofSamuel Johnson.
  2. Aplace name:
    1. Ahamlet inElkington parish,East Lindsey district,Lincolnshire,England(OS grid ref TF2790).
    2. A town inGrant Township,Benton County,Indiana,United States.
    3. A town inChoctaw County,Oklahoma,United States.
    4. Aborough inSomerset County,Pennsylvania,United States.
    5. Acommunity onKootenay Lake in theKootenays, south-eastBritish Columbia,Canada.
    6. A former cannery town on theCentral Coast ofBritish Columbia.

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Noun

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Boswell (pluralBoswells)

  1. A devotedadmirer andrecorder of a person's words and deeds.
    • 1891,Arthur Conan Doyle, 'A Scandal in Bohemia':
      "I think that I had better go, Holmes."
      "Not a bit, Doctor. Stay where you are. I am lost without myBoswell. And this promises to be interesting. It would be a pity to miss it."

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