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blueblood

blueblood is the alternative spelling 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.

Forms of blueblood

pluralbluebloods

Questions about blueblood

What is blueblood the alternative spelling of?
Blueblood is the alternative spelling of blue blood.

Words near blueblood in the dictionary

  1. bluebills
  2. bluebird
  3. bluebird of happiness
  4. bluebirds
  5. bluebirds of happiness
  6. blueblood
  7. blueblooded
  8. bluebloodedness
  9. bluebloods
  10. blueblossom
  11. blueblossoms

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