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blue•stock•ing

Pronunciation: (blOO'stok"ing), [key]
—n.
1. a woman with considerable scholarly, literary, or intellectual ability or interest.
2. a member of a mid-18th-century London literary circle: Lady Montagu was a celebrated bluestocking.

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