boswell

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈbɒzˌwɛl/
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/ˈbɒzˌwɛl/ · /ˈbɒz.wəl/ · /ˈbɑzˌwɛl/ · /ˈbɑz.wəl/

Definition of boswell

9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A Scottish habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin from Beuzeville in France.
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name

  1. A Scottish habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin from Beuzeville in France.
  2. A Scottish habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin from Beuzeville in France.
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noun

  1. A devoted admirer and recorder of a person's words and deeds.
    “"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."”

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Etymology

Scottish surname, from Norman, named after Beuzeville, from Beuze + -ville ("Bosi's farm"); first element from Old Norse Bosi, from Proto-Germanic *bausuz.

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