English Explanatory Dictionary

blue blood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Noble or aristocratic ancestry.
  2. An aristocrat.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blue, blood.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

blue blood blue bloods blue-blood blueblood

Etymology

Calque of Spanish sangre azul, probably a reference to the more visible veins of White people.

Derived words

blue-blooded
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