Boswell

Etymology
Scottish surname, from, named after , from ("Bosi's farm"); first element from , from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  of Norman origin from Beuzeville in France.
 * 2) James Boswell, biographer of Samuel Johnson.
 * 3) A place name:

Noun

 * 1) A devoted admirer and recorder of a person's words and deeds.
 * 2) * 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, 'A Scandal in Bohemia':
 * "I think that I had better go, Holmes." "Not a bit, Doctor. Stay where you are. I am lost without my Boswell. And this promises to be interesting. It would be a pity to miss it."