(initial capital letter) Also, Blue Nose.Canadian. an inhabitant of the Maritime Provinces, esp. of Nova Scotia.
3.
NauticalSlang.
a.
a sailing vessel of Nova Scotia.
b.
a seaman on such a vessel.
Origin: 1780–85 (def. 2, 3);1925–30, Americanism(def. 1);blue+ nose; (def. 1)cf. blue law, etc.; (def. 2, 3)orig. a derisive name for a person residing in Nova Scotia before the Loyalists' arrival; allegedly so called from a variety of potato with a bluish tip, though there is no certain evidence for this or any of various other explanations of the name
[bloo-nohz] 
) Also, Blue Nose. Canadian. an inhabitant of the Maritime Provinces, esp. of Nova Scotia.