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half blue

half blue noun: sporting colors that are awarded by a university or other institution for sporting achievement at a lower level, or in a more minor sport, than that required to receive a full blue, especially and originally at Oxford and Cambridge University in England.

Noun

half blue (plural half blues)

  1. Sporting colors that are awarded by a university or other institution for sporting achievement at a lower level, or in a more minor sport, than that required to receive a full blue, especially and originally at Oxford and Cambridge University in England.
  2. A person who has been awarded such sporting colors.

Forms of half blue

pluralhalf blues
alternative formhalf-blue

Questions about half blue

What does half blue mean?
Half blue means sporting colors that are awarded by a university or other institution for sporting achievement at a lower level, or in a more minor sport, than that required to receive a full blue, especially and originally at Oxford and Cambridge University in England.
What part of speech is half blue?
Half blue is a noun.
What is the plural of half blue?
The plural of half blue is half blues.

Words near half blue in the dictionary

  1. half bindings
  2. half birthday
  3. half birthdays
  4. half blood
  5. half bloods
  6. half blue
  7. half blues
  8. half board
  9. half boards
  10. half brethren
  11. half brother

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