as in aristocrat
a man or woman of high birth or social position
one need not be a blue blood to enjoy the amenities at the Royal Crown Hotel
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Noun
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One only has to think about the British fight against Nazism to be reminded that it was made of imperialists, constitutionalists, stick-in-the-mud aristocrats, and the socialists who first helped put Winston Churchill into power and then five years later helped push him out again.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026 -
The 66-year-old aristocrat now lives in a five-bedroom farmhouse on the King’s Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, England.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
6 June 2026
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One of these high-ranking British nobles was the Earl of Euston.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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Past the violin was an oil painting of the child Mozart entertaining nobles at the Maison du Temple.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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“Blue blood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blue%20blood. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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