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Noun: bluestocking  'bloo,stó-king
  1. A woman having literary or intellectual interests
    "The 18th-century bluestocking hosted salons for intellectual discourse";
    - bas bleu [archaic]

Derived forms: bluestockings

Type of: adult female, woman

Encyclopedia: Bluestocking