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JAMES BOSWELL
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• JAMES BOSWELL (noun)
The noun JAMES BOSWELL has 1 sense:
1. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740-1795)
Familiarity information: JAMES BOSWELL used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740-1795)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Boswell; James Boswell
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
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