BLUESTOCKING
Dictionary entry overview: What does bluestocking mean? • BLUESTOCKING (noun)
The noun BLUESTOCKING has 1 sense:
1. a woman having literary or intellectual interests
Familiarity information: BLUESTOCKING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BLUESTOCKING (noun)
Meaning:
A woman having literary or intellectual interests
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
bas bleu; bluestocking
Hypernyms ("bluestocking" is a kind of...):
adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))
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