blue ribbon

Meanings

1. The highest honor or prize awarded in some competitions and contests.
2. The emblem of the Order of the Garter.
3. The badge adopted by a teetotal society.
4. A badge worn or displayed to advocate freedom from online censorship.

1. Highly superior in quality, style, substance, prestige, etc.
2. Pertaining to the Liberal Party, its supporters and regions.

Etymology

Perhaps a calque of Middle French cordon bleu (“blue ribbon”), worn by knights of the Order of the Holy Spirit, or after Blue Riband, a sailing award.