Associations to the word «Boswell»

Wiktionary

BOSWELL, proper noun. A Scottish habitational surname​ of Norman origin from Beuzeville in France.
BOSWELL, proper noun. James Boswell, biographer of Samuel Johnson.
BOSWELL, noun. A devoted admirer and recorder of a person's words and deeds.

Dictionary definition

BOSWELL, noun. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740-1795).
BOSWELL, noun. A devoted admirer and recorder of another's words and deeds.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats