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View definitions for bluestocking

bluestocking

adjective as in blue-blooded

noun as in egghead

noun as in pedant

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Example Sentences

I am not going to caricature a bluestocking, but to point out one or two real dangers.

A bluestocking and a sansculotte (not a very usual combination), she was also a woman of the very latest cry in frocks.

The Bluestocking paused and looked round the circle of interested faces.

Why, monsieur, she was a very superior woman—a regular bluestocking!

The don and the bluestocking have to live, so have the cowboy and the cook.

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On this page you'll find 52 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to bluestocking, such as: elite, noble, pedigreed, privileged, purebred, and refined.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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