| 1. | the highest award or distinction, as the first prize in a contest: His entry at the state fair won a blue ribbon. |
| 2. | a blue ribbon worn as a badge of honor, esp. by members of the Order of the Garter of the British knighthood. |
| 3. | (initial capital letters ) Also, British, Blue Ribband. (formerly) a prize awarded to an ocean liner making the fastest recorded trip across the Atlantic Ocean between Ambrose Lightship and Bishop Rock. |
| 4. | a badge used by some temperance organizations to indicate a pledge of abstinence from alcohol. |
[bloo-rib-uhn] 
| of superior quality or prominence; first-rate; specially selected: a blue-ribbon committee of fund-raisers. |
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