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blue nose

blue nose is the alternative form of bluenose.

Meaning of bluenose

Noun

bluenose (plural bluenoses)

  1. (informal) A prude.
  2. (derogatory) Used among Roman Catholics for a Protestant (specifically Puritan).
    Synonyms:
    Prod
  3. (slang) A native or inhabitant of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.
    Synonyms:
    Nova Scotian
  4. (US, slang) A person who has crossed the Arctic Circle.
    • That summer the Clipper detoured north on its way to Norway so that cadets could be initiated as bluenoses. She passed between the Shetland and Orkney islands on her way to cross the Arctic Circle at Greenwich.2005, Stephen J. Curley, Aggies By The Sea: Texas A & M University At Galveston, page 213
  5. (slang) A variety of potato from Nova Scotia, Canada.
  6. (slang) A follower of Everton Football Club.

See all 10 meanings of bluenose

Forms of blue nose

pluralblue noses

Origin of blue nose

Coined in references to the color blue as the color of the Presbyterians.

Questions about blue nose

What is blue nose the alternative form of?
Blue nose is the alternative form of bluenose.

Words near blue nose in the dictionary

  1. Blue Nile
  2. Blue Nobby
  3. blue noise
  4. blue norther
  5. blue northers
  6. blue nose
  7. blue note
  8. blue notes
  9. blue notice
  10. blue notices
  11. blue o'clock

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