blue blood
noun
an aristocrat, noble, or member of a socially prominent family.
blue-blooded
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a word derived from
blue blood.
Example Sentences
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Brooks Brothers isn’t reposting its photos or promoting its association with him, a spokesman said—though JFK Jr. was a longtime customer of the blue-blooded brand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
That’s because the cabin experience of today is all-around unrecognizable from the blue-blooded “golden age” Duffy seems to miss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
The remaining ones then hold a by-election to bring another blue-blooded peer back.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2024
Critics and journalists weighed in, too, including the Times of London’s chief art critic Laura Freeman, who asked, “Has a portrait of a blue-blooded British monarch ever been so very pink?”
From Salon ● May 16, 2024
From bacteria to elephants—from red-eyed flies to blue-blooded princes—biological information flowed through living systems in a systematic, archetypal manner: DNA provided instructions to build RNA.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
