blue blood
noun
1
ˈblü-ˈbləd
: membership in a noble or socially prominent family
2
-ˌbləd
: a member of a noble or socially prominent family
Examples of blue blood in a Sentence
a woman of blue blood
This is where the city's blue bloods like to gather.
Recent Examples on the Web
Despite their blue blood connections, the women of New York were just as messy as their sister-housewives across the country, often literally so, known for drunkenly falling into bushes and defecating on the floor.
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Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2023
Fair and square Bradley has a message for fans who are disappointed the Final Four has three newbies and only one blue blood in Connecticut.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2023
Will a college basketball blue blood cut down the nets after a championship campaign?
—Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
By the time Sunday arrived, the committee liked TCU enough to keep the Horned Frogs at No. 3 ahead of Big Ten blue blood Ohio State despite the loss.
—Dallas News, 4 Dec. 2022
His Razorbacks disturbed the orderly flow of the sport, slaying blue blood after blue blood before taking the title over Duke in Charlotte.
—Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 2 Dec. 2022
Abe is a political blue blood who was groomed to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather, former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi.
—Arkansas Online, 8 July 2022
And there's a lot to take in on that front considering the SEC is gaining two new members in 2024 in Oklahoma and Texas, two true college football blue bloods.
—Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 15 June 2023
Remy Tumin Kentucky is the latest blue blood bounced.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2023
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Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2023
Fair and square Bradley has a message for fans who are disappointed the Final Four has three newbies and only one blue blood in Connecticut.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2023
Will a college basketball blue blood cut down the nets after a championship campaign?
—Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
By the time Sunday arrived, the committee liked TCU enough to keep the Horned Frogs at No. 3 ahead of Big Ten blue blood Ohio State despite the loss.
—Dallas News, 4 Dec. 2022
His Razorbacks disturbed the orderly flow of the sport, slaying blue blood after blue blood before taking the title over Duke in Charlotte.
—Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 2 Dec. 2022
Abe is a political blue blood who was groomed to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather, former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi.
—Arkansas Online, 8 July 2022
And there's a lot to take in on that front considering the SEC is gaining two new members in 2024 in Oklahoma and Texas, two true college football blue bloods.
—Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 15 June 2023
Remy Tumin Kentucky is the latest blue blood bounced.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1809, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Blue blood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blue%20blood. Accessed 22 Sep. 2023.
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