Complete Definition of "bluestocking"

English

Noun

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  1. A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.

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#:*"The artist who created strong, passionate, brilliant heroines turns out to have disapproved of bluestockings and refused to educate his own intelligent daughters." &mdash; New York Times, October 5, 2003

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