as in aristocratic
of high birth, rank, or station
his blue-blooded in-laws and working class parents hit it off despite their different backgrounds
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Recent Examples of blue-blooded
The recruiting stars attached to a player’s name do not guarantee success any more than a coach’s blue-blooded bonafides ensure his greatness.
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
Yasmin exited finance altogether, embracing her destiny as the socialite bride-to-be of blue-blooded aristocrat Henry Muck (Kit Harington).
—Alison Herman, Variety, 6 Jan. 2026
So just more of these blue-blooded programs down there.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
The official khipu experts would have been born to blue-blooded families and raised for positions of importance.
—ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
Yasmin exited finance altogether, embracing her destiny as the socialite bride-to-be of blue-blooded aristocrat Henry Muck (Kit Harington).
—Alison Herman, Variety, 6 Jan. 2026
So just more of these blue-blooded programs down there.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
The official khipu experts would have been born to blue-blooded families and raised for positions of importance.
—ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blue-blooded
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While retaining an old-school, aristocratic vibe, Adare's fanciful gargoyles, genuinely warm staff, grand and intimate spaces, and super-comfortable rooms make it somewhere uniquely and unabashedly the Ireland of now.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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His aristocratic taste inherited ideas of beauty and old European style, rather than innovating with new trends.—
Jye Marshall,
Fortune,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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And all these noble lords can’t even remember his name.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Picture a bunch of people descending in private jets to eat steak and appear on panels about alleviating poverty and fighting climate change (among other noble goals), while clinking cocktail glasses with other fellow rich people in an effort to make one another even richer.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Blue-blooded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blue-blooded. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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