bluestocking in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for bluestocking in the English»Spanish Dictionary

bluestocking [Am ˈbluˌstɑkɪŋ, Brit ˈbluːstɒkɪŋ] N pej

bluestocking

intelectual f

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

His painting of the nine muses is used as emblematic of the emergence of bluestockings in the eighteenth century.

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Behold me, literally in love with this great horse-faced bluestocking!

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Women do best in the costume department, as bluestocking stage managers, or in supporting roles on stage.

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If its purpose was nothing more than to overthrow the image of its author as a humourless bluestocking, it could only be judged a success.

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They referred to their circle as the bluestocking philosophers.

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In this safe, bluestocking atmosphere, we struggled through the worst indignities of puberty, free from the jibes of equally pimply boys.

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It's the perfect compromise for a bluestocking who enjoys literary fiction, but also has a weakness for chick lit.

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I genuinely do not get the third-wave bluestocking professional feminists in this country.

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Its title refers to bluestockings, a derogatory term for female intellectuals.

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