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Definitions of bluestockings in various dictionaries:

noun - a woman having literary or intellectual interests

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Possible Crossword Clues
There's some such leggy girls at Cambridge
They go on foot with the ladies, likewise
Clever ladies can get terribly close but upset top blokes

Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles
Dec 3 2006 The Times - Cryptic
Feb 4 2006 Irish Times (Crosaire)
Jan 24 2004 Irish Times (Crosaire)

Possible Dictionary Clues
Plural form of bluestocking.
an intellectual or literary woman.
An intellectual or literary woman.

Bluestockings might refer to
A bluestocking is an educated, intellectual woman, originally a member of the 18th-century Blue Stockings Society led by the hostess and critic Elizabeth Montagu (17201800), the "Queen of the Blues", including Elizabeth Vesey (171591), Hester Chapone (17271801) and the classicist Elizabeth Carter (17171806). In the following generation came Hester Lynch Piozzi (17411821), Hannah More (17451833) and Frances Burney (17521840).Until the late 18th century, the term had referred to learned people of both sexes. It was later applied primarily to intellectual women and the French equivalent bas bleu had a similar connotation. The term later developed negative implications and in some instances such women were stereotyped as being "frumpy". The reference to blue stockings may arise from the time when woollen worsted stockings were informal dress, in contrast to formal, fashionable black silk stockings. The most frequent such reference is to a man, Benjamin Stillingfleet, who reportedly lacked

Bluestockings might refer to

A bluestocking is an educated, intellectual woman, originally a member of the 18th-century Blue Stockings Society led by the hostess and critic Elizabeth Montagu (17201800), the "Queen of the Blues", including Elizabeth Vesey (171591), Hester Chapone (17271801) and the classicist Elizabeth Carter (17171806). In the following generation came Hester Lynch Piozzi (17411821), Hannah More (17451833) and Frances Burney (17521840).Until the late 18th century, the term had referred to learned people of both sexes. It was later applied primarily to intellectual women and the French equivalent bas bleu had a similar connotation. The term later developed negative implications and in some instances such women were stereotyped as being "frumpy". The reference to blue stockings may arise from the time when woollen worsted stockings were informal dress, in contrast to formal, fashionable black silk stockings. The most frequent such reference is to a man, Benjamin Stillingfleet, who reportedly lacked

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