Boswell

Meanings

Proper Noun

of Norman origin from Beuzeville in France.

Noun

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

Origin

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

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