Boswell
Americannoun
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James, 1740–95, Scottish author: biographer of Samuel Johnson.
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any devoted biographer of a specific person.
noun
Other Word Forms
- Boswellian adjective
Example Sentences
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With recruiters fixated on fellow guards Jared McCain and Kylan Boswell, Dent was largely overlooked.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2025
“Sudan is now de facto partitioned into two competing halves,” said Alan Boswell, a Sudan analyst with the International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based think tank.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
He was taken to Boswell Wilkie Circus in South Africa and trained to perform tricks.
From BBC • Aug. 21, 2024
"This first production unit marks a significant milestone not just for Sandia but the broader nuclear security enterprise, particularly our partners at the Kansas City National Security Campus," Boswell said.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2024
He almost loped, not after the six-foot-three-inch bound of a Stew Boswell, but like a man who understood the true stamp and limit of his gait.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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