james boswell

1. 1.

   Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740-1795)

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What does james boswell mean?

james boswell means "Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740-1795)".

What is another word for james boswell?

Close synonyms include Boswell. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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james boswell is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.