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Bos⋅well

[boz-wel, -wuhl]
–noun
1. James, 1740–95, Scottish author: biographer of Samuel Johnson.
2. any devoted biographer of a specific person.

Bos⋅well⋅i⋅an [boz-wel-ee-uhn] , adjective
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Bos·well   (bŏz'wěl', -wəl)   
n.  An assiduous and devoted admirer, student, and recorder of another's words and deeds.

[After James Boswell.]
Bos'well·ize' (-īz') v.
Boswell, James 1740-1795.  
British lawyer, diarist, and writer renowned as the biographer of Samuel Johnson.
Bos·well'i·an adj. & n.
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