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bluestocking: Meaning and Definition of
blue•stock•ing
Pronunciation: (bl'stok"ing), [key] ? n.
- a woman with considerable scholarly, literary, or intellectual ability or interest.
- a member of a mid-18th-century London literary circle: Lady Montagu was a celebrated bluestocking.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.