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blue bloods

blue bloods is the plural of blue blood.

Meaning of blue blood

Noun

blue blood (countable and uncountable, plural blue bloods)

  1. (uncountable) Noble or aristocratic ancestry.
    • "He loves you, Jane. Thin persons like a fine armful of a woman. Pharaoh, who is a cad, likes blue blood on the same principle of the attraction of opposites. That is why he is captivated by Gertrude's aristocratic air."1883, George Bernard Shaw, chapter III, in An Unsocial Socialist
  2. (countable) An aristocrat.
    • The bluebloods of golf began pouring into the sweltering nation’s capital yesterday for the 64th U.S. Open championship, and the hottest topic was not Arnold Palmer or Jack Nicklaus, but Champagne Tony Lema.1964 June 16, “All Eyes On Lema At U.S. Open This Week”, in The Indianapolis Star, volume 62, number 11, Indianapolis, Ind., page 22
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blue, blood.
    • Octopuses and squids are examples of animals that have blue blood.

Questions about blue bloods

What is blue bloods the plural of?
Blue bloods is the plural of blue blood.

Words near blue bloods in the dictionary

  1. blue blankets
  2. blue blazes
  3. blue bloater
  4. blue bloaters
  5. blue blood
  6. blue bloods
  7. blue blossom
  8. blue blossoms
  9. Blue Bomber
  10. blue bonnet
  11. blue bonnets

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