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单词 boswell
释义 bos·well
\ˈbäzˌwel, -_wəl\ noun
(-s)
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: after James Boswell died 1795 Scottish lawyer and biographer; from the wealth of firsthand detail in Boswell's life (1791) of Samuel Johnson died 1784 English lexicographer, critic, and conversationalist
1.
 a. : one who out of admiration or hero worship records in detail and usually contemporaneously the life, conversation, intimate moods, and personal relationships especially of a famous or otherwise significant contemporary
  < a Boswell to a man of letters >
 b. : one who writes with love for and intimate knowledge of any subject
  < a Boswell of the sea >
  < nature's Boswell >
2. : one who stays in almost constant attendance upon another out of great admiration or hero worship, often in a voluntarily servile position
 < a faithful and mistreated Boswell >
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