Definition of Boswell
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: a person who records in detail the life of a usually famous contemporary
Boswell
biographical nameDefinition of Boswell (Entry 2 of 2)
James 1740–1795 Scottish biographer and diarist
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The first known use of Boswell was in 1858
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