Boswell
English
Etymology
Scottish surname, from Norman, named after Beuzeville, from Beuze + -ville ("Bosi's farm"); first element from Old Norse Bosi, from Proto-Germanic *bausuz.
Proper noun
Boswell
- A Scottish habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin from Beuzeville in France.
- James Boswell, biographer of Samuel Johnson.
Derived terms
- Boswellian
- Boswellism
- Boswellize
Noun
Boswell (plural Boswells)
- A devoted admirer and recorder 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 my Boswell. And this promises to be interesting. It would be a pity to miss it."
- "I think that I had better go, Holmes."
- 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, 'A Scandal in Bohemia':
See also
- St Boswells
Anagrams
- Bellows, bellows