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blue riband

blue riband is the alternative letter-case form of Blue Riband.

Proper noun capitalized: Blue Riband

Blue Riband

  1. A trophy for the fastest sea crossing of the Atlantic by a liner.
    • The Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship Kronprinz Wilhelm left New York on May 3 [1904], at 3.10 p.m. and reached Plymouth Sound on May 9 at 8 a.m. This was then a very fast crossing of the Atlantic, but it was not the record. The same ship had held the "Blue Riband" in 1902, but had been slightly bested...1944 July and August, Charles E. Lee, “The "City of Truro"”, in Railway Magazine, pages 201–202
  2. An award from the British Motorcycling Federation for advanced riding.
  3. (attributive, often) The most prestigious event, award etc. of its type or class.
    • The men's downhill race is considered by many to be the blue riband event of the Winter Olympics.

Forms of blue riband

alternative formblue riband

Questions about blue riband

What does blue riband mean?
Blue riband means a trophy for the fastest sea crossing of the Atlantic by a liner.
What is blue riband the alternative letter-case form of?
Blue riband is the alternative letter-case form of Blue Riband.
What part of speech is blue riband?
Blue riband is a proper noun.

Words near blue riband in the dictionary

  1. blue raspberries
  2. blue raspberry
  3. blue rat's tail
  4. blue razzberry
  5. Blue Revolution
  6. blue riband
  7. blue ribbon
  8. blue ribbons
  9. Blue Ridge
  10. Blue Ridge A
  11. Blue Ridge B

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