blue blood

[bloo bluhd, bloo bluhd]

noun

1. an aristocrat, noble, or member of a socially prominent family.

2. aristocratic, noble, or socially prominent lineage or relatives.

   They boasted a lineage of pure blue blood.

blue blood

noun

1. royal or aristocratic descent

Other Word Forms

• blue-blooded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of blue blood¹

1825–35; translation of Spanish sangre azul. See sanguine, azure

Word History and Origins

Origin of blue blood¹

C19: translation of Spanish sangre azul

Example Sentences

He also came from Belgium by way of UC Santa Barbara—a far cry from a college hoops blue blood.

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The akrafena slices him up like a pizza and draws dark blue blood from his ridged skin.

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The baseball world is sensing a Dodger vulnerability, as if there’s blue blood in the water.

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Where there were concerns in the past about USC having enough resources to compete with other blue bloods, Bowden says he has no such worry.

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Grainy game footage and yellowed newspaper clippings confer UCLA’s standing as college basketball royalty, the team’s status as a blue blood rooted in the success of a coach who retired nearly 50 years ago.

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