bluestocking

noun

Definition of bluestockingnext
as in intellectual

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Recent Examples of bluestocking The parents—a dapper young fogy with ramrod posture and a soulful, slightly rumpled bluestocking—stand behind two tidy little girls in matching sailor suits. — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023 But Peck is already aware of Imogen's penchant for pandemonium, resisting the task of baby-sitting a bluestocking. — Ew Staff, EW.com, 10 May 2023 One of them was the famous 18th-century bluestocking Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, wife of Edward Montagu, a British ambassador. — David Pryce-Jones, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022 His polar opposite, meanwhile, was the pair of bluestockings to his left. — Nicholas M. Gallagher, National Review, 21 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bluestocking
  1. intellectual
  2. highbrow
  3. blue
  4. nerd
  5. geek
Noun
  • Yet other scholars, activists and intellectuals have their takes, too, on the Harlem Renaissance’s many political movements and bids for Black self-determination.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • These new lines of thought, which have gained prominence among influential defense intellectuals and policy experts close to the Kremlin over the past year do not need to be endorsed in formal security doctrine to matter.
    — Dmitry Adamsky, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of intellectual
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  • Deadline asks the Festival chief whether Series Mania is focused on the highbrow of the drama spectrum.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Richie Grainge herself has evolved her stylistic approach from an ostentatious Los Angeleno verve into a look that’s more low-key highbrow.
    — Nick Remsen, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
Definition of highbrow
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  • Skies of bright October blue pave the way for not-so-distant November gray.
    — Dana Kelley, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Jeffries’ is one of many high-profile Democrats campaigning in the state, as the party grows more enthusiastic about the possibility of turning the Sunshine State blue.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of blue
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  • The iPhone has been the same for so long that being forced to come up with little moves and tricks and ways to think about holding the Duo is a gadget nerd thrill.
    — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Harbach is a gifted observer of undergraduates, their pathos and their comedy, but his Westish is a gentle and perhaps too-good-natured institution, where even the jocks are nerds.
    — B. D. McClay, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of nerd
Noun
  • For movie geeks everywhere, this has been the question since Kubrick’s death in 1999.
    — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The Lucca Comics chief speaks to Variety about pulling out all the stops to celebrate the crossover between different forms of geek culture, in particular between movies and video games.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of geek

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