blue blood
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| 1. | an aristocrat, noble, or member of a socially prominent family. |
| 2. | aristocratic, noble, or socially prominent lineage or relatives: They boasted a lineage of pure blue blood. |
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blue blood
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| blue blood also blue·blood (blōō'blŭd')
n.
[Translation of Spanish sangre azul : sangre, blood + azul, blue (probably from the visible veins of fair-complexioned aristocrats).] blue'-blood'ed adj. |
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blue blood
1834, translating Sp. sangre azul, claimed by certain families of Castile as uncontaminated by Moorish or Jewish admixture, probably from the notion of the visible veins of people of fair complexion.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| blue blood | |
noun | |
| a member of the aristocracy [syn: aristocrat] |
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