Boswell.
A Scottish habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin from Beuzeville in France.
Meaning & usage
A Scottish habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin from Beuzeville in France.
A Scottish habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin from Beuzeville in France. James Boswell, biographer of Samuel Johnson.
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Where this word comes from
Scottish surname, from Norman, named after Beuzeville, from Beuze + -ville ("Bosi's farm"); first element from Old Norse Bosi, from Proto-Germanic *bausuz.
A devoted admirer and recorder of a person's words and deeds.
Where this word comes from
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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