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noun
A member of the literary scene in 19th-century Boston, especially those part of the transcendentalism movement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, derogatory, humorous
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History
Coined by American writer and critic Edgar Allan Poe, referencing a frog pond in Boston Common.
