trueblue
trueblue is the alternative form of true blue.
Meaning of true blue
Noun
true blue (countable and uncountable, plural true blues)
- A faithful partisan or supporter of a cause, person, political party, etc.
- A mild Liberalism prevailed, a Liberalism that would be regarded as hide-bound Toryism now, but was daring enough in those days. One man who had been to work in Northampton proclaimed himself a Radical; but he was cancelled out by the landlord, who called himself a ‘true blue’.1939, Flora Thompson, “At the ‘Wagon and Horses’”, in Lark Rise to Candleford: A Trilogy, London: Penguin Books, published 1973, →ISBN, pages 65–66
- A blue dye from Coventry, England, famous for not washing out.
- A precisely defined pure blue, as for example web color #0000FF = RGB(0,0,255).
Forms of trueblue
| plural | trueblues |
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Questions about trueblue
- What is trueblue the alternative form of?
- Trueblue is the alternative form of true blue.
Words near trueblue in the dictionary
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