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Bos·well (bäz′wel′, -wəl)

noun

a biographer whose information is obtained through close observation of, or intimate association with, the subject

Etymology: after James Boswell

Boswell2 definition

Bos·well (bäz′wel′, -wəl)

Boswell, James 1740-95; Scot. lawyer & writer: biographer of Samuel Johnson

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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