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(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman. / (historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.

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bluestocking

Source Word

bluestocking

Noun

derogatory usually historical

(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman. / (historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.

Japanese Meaning

（軽蔑的な意味で）学識や文学、芸術に通じた女性、すなわち教養ある女性。 / （歴史的な意味で）18世紀のブルーストッキング・ソサエティの会員を指す。

夕食会で「（通常は軽蔑的に）学識ある、文学的、または教養のある女性」として紹介されたとき、彼女は本を愛する心が一部の人に誤解されるだろうと分かって微笑んだ。

Sense（1）

(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.

Many of her ladyship’s letters were the most whimsical rhodomontades that ever blue-stocking penned.

Sense（2）

(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.

Sense（3）

(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament

bluestockings

（ plural ）