Boswell

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

Boswell

1. A Scottish habitational surname​ of Norman origin from Beuzeville in France.
   1. James Boswell, biographer of Samuel Johnson.

• Boswellian
• Boswellism
• Boswellize

Boswell (plural Boswells)

1. A devoted admirer and recorder of a person's words and deeds.
   • 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, 'A Scandal in Bohemia':

     "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."

• Bellows, bellows