Usually means: Expert, usually in scientific field.
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  1. boffin: Merriam-Webster
  2. boffin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. boffin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. boffin: Collins English Dictionary
  5. boffin: Vocabulary.com
  6. Boffin, boffin: Wordnik
  7. boffin: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. boffin: Wiktionary
  9. boffin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. boffin: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. boffin: Dictionary.com
  12. Boffin (disambiguation), Boffin (video game), Boffin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. boffin: Rhymezone
  14. Boffin: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  15. boffin: FreeDictionary.org
  16. boffin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. boffin: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. Boffin: World Wide Words
  19. boffin: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. boffin: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. boffin: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

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noun:  (Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland, informal) An engineer or scientist, especially one engaged in technological or military research.
noun:  (Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland, informal, by extension) A person with specialized knowledge or skills, especially one who is socially awkward.
noun:  (loosely) an intellectual; a smart person.

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