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Definition of bluestocking noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

bluestocking

noun

NAmE//ˈbluˌstɑkɪŋ//

(old-fashioned) (sometimes disapproving)

a well-educated woman who is more interested in ideas and studying than in traditionally feminine things

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