blue-blooded

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blue blood also blue·blood (bl

)

1. Noble or aristocratic descent.

2. A member of the aristocracy.

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

blue-blooded adj.

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Adj.

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, blue

noble - of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times; "of noble birth"

Translations

blue-blooded [ˈbluːˈblʌdɪd] ADJ → de sangre azul

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