bluestocking
a woman with considerable scholarly, literary, or intellectual ability or interest.
a member of a mid-18th-century London literary circle: Lady Montagu was a celebrated bluestocking.
Origin of bluestocking
1Other words from bluestocking
- blue·stock·ing·ism, noun
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How to use bluestocking in a sentence
I am not going to caricature a bluestocking, but to point out one or two real dangers.
Three Addresses to Girls at School | James Maurice WilsonA bluestocking and a sansculotte (not a very usual combination), she was also a woman of the very latest cry in frocks.
The bluestocking paused and looked round the circle of interested faces.
Modern marriage and how to bear it | Maud Churton BrabyWhy, monsieur, she was a very superior woman—a regular bluestocking!
Paul and His Dog, v.1 (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XIII) | Charles Paul de KockThe don and the bluestocking have to live, so have the cowboy and the cook.
Race Improvement : or, Eugenics : a Little Book on a Great Subject | La Reine Helen Baker
British Dictionary definitions for bluestocking
/ (ˈbluːˌstɒkɪŋ) /
usually derogatory a scholarly or intellectual woman
Origin of bluestocking
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