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BLUE-BLOODED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does blue-blooded mean?
• BLUE-BLOODED (adjective)
The adjective BLUE-BLOODED has 1 sense:
1. belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
Familiarity information: BLUE-BLOODED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
Synonyms:
aristocratic; aristocratical; blue; blue-blooded; gentle; patrician
Context example:
patrician tastes
Similar:
noble (of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times)
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