blue peter

noun

Nautical.

1. a blue flag with a white square in the center, designating the letter P in the International Code of Signals, flown by a vessel in port to indicate its imminent departure.

blue peter

noun

1. a signal flag of blue with a white square at the centre, displayed by a vessel about to leave port

Word History and Origins

Origin of blue peter¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Word History and Origins

Origin of blue peter¹

C19: from the name Peter

Example Sentences

The items in the capsule were selected by two children who won a Blue Peter competition and were intended to represent life in the 1990s.

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Long-serving Blue Peter editor Biddy Baxter, who turned the children's show into a television institution, has died at the age of 92.

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Her upbringing during the war instilled in Biddy an ability to make-do and mend which later became part of the Blue Peter ethos.

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In 1962, she was asked to take over as producer of Blue Peter, a programme whose life expectancy was short.

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Within a year she had introduced the iconic Blue Peter badge after commissioning a young artist called Tony Hart to design the ship logo.

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