Words Like BLUESTOCKING
We have put together a list of words that are similar to BLUESTOCKING.
1 Alternative Words Similar to bluestocking
9 definitions of bluestocking
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A literary lady; a female pedant.
2
The American avocet (Recurvirostra Americana).
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a woman having literary or intellectual interests
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A woman with strong scholarly or literary interests.
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Wearing blue stockings; specifically, wearing blue or gray worsted stockings, as opposed to those of black silk worn in court or ceremonial dress; hence, not in full dress; in plain dress.
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A member of the “Blue-stocking Club,” especially a woman (see above); by extension, any woman with a taste for learning or literature; a literary woman: originally used in derision or contempt, and implying a neglect on the part of such women of their domestic duties or a departure from their “proper sphere”; now hardly used except historically or humorously.
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A name of the American avoset, Recurvirostra americana. See avoset.
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A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.