2. the quality of status that qualifies one as a {blue blood}; -- used metaphorically, as ``They have blue blood in their veins.''. -- {Blue"-blood`ed}, adj. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
blue-blooded — adj a blue blooded person belongs to a royal or ↑noble family > blue blood n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
blue-blooded — lue blooded adj. of aristocratic birth and refined upbringing. Syn: aristocratic, coroneted, gentle, highborn, patrician, titled, wellborn, upper class. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blue-blooded — blue blood|ed [ ,blu blʌdəd ] adjective someone who is blue blooded comes from a royal family, or a family of a very high social class ╾ blue blood noun count or uncount … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
blue-blooded — blue blood someone who has blue blood is from a family of the highest social class. He comes from the blue blooded section of the ruling classes … New idioms dictionary
blue-blooded — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ of noble birth … English terms dictionary
blue-blooded — adjective belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy an aristocratic family aristocratic Bostonians aristocratic government a blue family blue blood the blue blooded aristocracy of gentle blood … Useful english dictionary
blue-blooded — UK [ˌbluː ˈblʌdɪd] / US [ˌbluˈblʌdəd] adjective someone who is blue blooded comes from a royal family, or a family of a very high social class blue blooded aristocrats Derived word: blue blood noun countable/uncountable Word forms blue blood :… … English dictionary
blue-blooded — ADJ A blue blooded person is from a royal or noble family. While not blue blooded herself, the Duchess married into the most aristocratic family in the British Isles … English dictionary
blue-blooded — adjective belonging to a royal or noble 1 (3) family: a blue blooded French duchess blue blood noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
blue-blooded — blue blood·ed … English syllables
