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1. (n.) bluestocking
a woman with considerable literary or intellectual ability or interest.
Etymology: (1780–90; orig., a member of a mid-18th-cent. London literary circle that included some women (so called from the blue stockings worn by a male participant))
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1. (noun) bluestocking, bas bleu
a woman having literary or intellectual interests
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1. (noun) bluestocking
a literary lady; a female pedant
2. (noun) bluestocking
the American avocet (Recurvirostra Americana)
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