Boswell

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Boswell

/ˈbɒzˌwɛl/ UK
/ˈbɒz.wəl/ UK
/ˈbɑzˌwɛl/ US
/ˈbɑz.wəl/ US

Rhymes with -ɒzwɛl, -ɒzwəl

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

A Scottish habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin from Beuzeville in France.
James Boswell, biographer of Samuel Johnson.
A hamlet in Elkington parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2790).
A town in Grant Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States.
A town in Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States.
A borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States.
A community on Kootenay Lake in the Kootenays, south-east British Columbia, Canada.
A former cannery town on the Central Coast of British Columbia.

noun Boswells

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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"Boswell." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/boswell. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Boswell. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/boswell

Chicago

"Boswell." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/boswell.

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@misc{boswell_2026,
  title = {Boswell},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boswell},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}