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BOFFIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does boffin mean?
• BOFFIN (noun)
The noun BOFFIN has 1 sense:
1. (British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research
Familiarity information: BOFFIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("boffin" is a kind of...):
investigator; research worker; researcher (a scientist who devotes himself to doing research)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Domain usage:
argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))
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