bluenose
[ bloo-nohz ]
/ ˈbluˌnoʊz /
noun
a puritanical person; prude.
(initial capital letter) Also Blue Nose. Canadian. an inhabitant of the Maritime Provinces, especially of Nova Scotia.
Nautical Slang.
- a sailing vessel of Nova Scotia.
- a seaman on such a vessel.
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Origin of bluenose
1780–85 (def 2, 3); 1925–30, Americanism (def 1); blue + nose; (def 1) cf. blue law, etc.; (def 2, 3) originally a derisive name for a person residing in Nova Scotia before the Loyalists' arrival; allegedly so called from a variety of potato with a bluish tip, though there is no certain evidence for this or any of various other explanations of the name
Words nearby bluenose
bluejack, bluejacket, bluejacking, blueline, blueness, bluenose, bluepoint, blueprint, blueprinting, blues, blues-rock
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British Dictionary definitions for bluenose
bluenose
/ (ˈbluːˌnəʊz) /
noun
US slang a puritanical or prudish person
(often capital) informal a native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia
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