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"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Individuals"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nrf",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Norman",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nrf",
"2": "Beuze",
"3": "-ville",
"nocat": "1"
},
"expansion": "Beuze + -ville",
"name": "affix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "Bosi"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse Bosi",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*bausuz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bausuz",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Scottish surname, from Norman, named after Beuzeville, from Beuze + -ville (\"Bosi's farm\"); first element from Old Norse Bosi, from Proto-Germanic *bausuz.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Boswells",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Boswell (plural Boswells)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "St Boswells"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, 'A Scandal in Bohemia'",
"text": "\"I think that I had better go, Holmes.\"\n\"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.\""
}
],
"glosses": [
"A devoted admirer and recorder of a person's words and deeds."
],
"links": [
[
"admirer",
"admirer"
],
[
"recorder",
"recorder"
]
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Beuzeville"
],
"word": "Boswell"
}
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