blue blood

blue blood

noun

Definition of BLUE BLOOD

1

\ˈblü-ˈbləd\ : membership in a noble or socially prominent family

2

\-ˌbləd\ : a member of a noble or socially prominent family

— blue–blood·ed \-ˈblə-dəd\ adjective

Examples of BLUE BLOOD

1. a woman of blue blood
2. This is where the city's blue bloods like to gather.

First Known Use of BLUE BLOOD

1832

Related to BLUE BLOOD

Synonyms: aristocrat, gentleperson, gentle, noble, patrician

Related Words: socialite, swell; magnate, magnifico, mogul, nabob; gentlefolk (also gentlefolks)

Near Antonyms: canaille, commoner, pleb, plebeian, proletarian, roturier; boor, fellah, peasant, peon

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Rhymes with BLUE BLOOD

at stud, bad blood, disbud, earbud, full-blood, half-blood, hotblood, leaf bud, lifeblood, new blood, oxblood, redbud, rosebud, shed blood, smell blood, sweat blood