boswell

English Thesaurus

1. a devoted admirer and recorder of another's words and deeds (noun.person)

hypernym	:	admirer, booster, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter,
definition	:	a person who backs a politician or a team etc. (noun.person)

2. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740-1795) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	author, writer,
definition	:	writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) (noun.person)