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blue blood

  [bloo bluhd for 1; bloo bluhd for 2]
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–noun
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.
Origin:
1825–35; trans. of Sp sangre azul. See sanguine, azure

Related forms:
blue-blooded, adjective
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blue blood also blue·blood   (blōō'blŭd')
n.  
  1. Noble or aristocratic descent.
  2. A member of the aristocracy.

[Translation of Spanish sangre azul : sangre, blood + azul, blue (probably from the visible veins of fair-complexioned aristocrats).]
blue'-blood'ed adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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
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