blue blood

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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Recent Examples of blue blood The Razorbacks defeated blue blood program Kansas, then Rick Pitino’s St. John’s Red Storm by a comfortable margin. Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025 North Carolina will be one of the many blue blood programs that will have a shot at being the last team standing in early April. Ricardo Klein, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025 North Carolina will be one of the many blue blood programs that will have a shot at being the last team standing in early April. Ricardo Klein, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025 The largest is the Ratliff family, North Carolina blue bloods led by Timothy (Jason Isaacs), a business bigwig with no interest in any of the resort’s spiritual healing exercises. Noel Murray, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blue blood
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  • For example, the Grand Tour of Europe was once a rite of passage for aristocrats.
    Betsy Pudliner, The Conversation, 19 May 2025
  • There weren’t going to be many Cinderellas at this ball for aristocrats.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Despite its remote location, the 18th-century Georgian home was a stopover for a procession of nobles, actors, and writers, like Peter O’Toole, John Steinbeck, Marlon Brando, and Montgomery Clift.
    Erik Morse, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The Board of Rites is tasked with making sure the ceremonies performed by the imperial nobles go off without a hitch, and its members have been dying throughout the series.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 2 Apr. 2025

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“Blue blood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blue%20blood. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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