blue-blooded

blue blood

also blue·blood (blo͞o′blŭd′)n.1. Noble or aristocratic descent.2. A member of the aristocracy.

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[Translation of Spanish sangre azul : sangre, blood + azul, blue (probably from the visible veins of fair-complexioned aristocrats).]

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blue′-blood′ed (-blŭd′ĭd) adj.

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Adj.

1.

blue-blooded - 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"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes"aristocratic, aristocratical, patrician, gentle, bluenoble - of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times; "of noble birth"

blue-blooded

adjectiveOf high birth or social position:aristocratic, elite, highborn, highbred, noble, patrician, thoroughbred, upper-class, wellborn.Informal: upper-crust.

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