blue beret

British  

noun

1. an informal name for a soldier of a United Nations peacekeeping force

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Example Sentences

Mr. Brooks said in a phone interview that it was Mr. Davis who chose the shot that ends the opening sequence of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” with a radiant Mary twirling in a rush-hour crowd and tossing her striped blue beret in the air.

From New York Times

Thank goodness she did not enforce that rule at the Newport Festival; video of her extraordinary performance — singing beneath a blue beret, behind classy shades and in a chair that could have been swiped from Versailles — began circulating almost as soon as the set was done.

From Los Angeles Times

Seated in a wingback chair and wearing a blue beret and sunglasses, Mitchell joined festival headliner Brandi Carlile and a bevy of other artists, including Wynonna Judd, Allison Russell and Marcus Mumford.

From Seattle Times

For the “Middle of Everything” campaign, the award-winning actor traipses around the Prairie State wearing a jaunty blue beret and a gleeful expression.

From Washington Post

A photo of Mr. Boyarishchev posted to a Russian social media site in 2012 shows him shirtless, flexing his biceps and wearing the blue beret of a United Nations peacekeeper.

From New York Times