Definition of "Boswell"

A Scottish habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin from Beuzeville in France.

1. James Boswell, biographer of Samuel Johnson.  examples

A place name:

1. A hamlet in Elkington parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2790).  examples

2. A town in Grant Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States.  examples

3. A town in Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States.  examples

4. A borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States.  examples

5. A community on Kootenay Lake in the Kootenays, south-east British Columbia, Canada.  examples

6. A former cannery town on the Central Coast of British Columbia.  examples

A devoted admirer and recorder of a person's words and deeds.  quotations  examples