adj
Meaning 1
Aristocratic; noble; patrician.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
blue-blooded
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adj
Meaning 2
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blue, blooded.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The garden snail, a blue-blooded land animal, is sometimes seen as food, sometimes as pest.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an aristocratic family
- aristocratic Bostonians
- aristocratic government
- a blue family
- blue blood
- the blue-blooded aristocracy
- of gentle blood
- patrician landholders of the American South
- aristocratic bearing
- aristocratic features
- patrician tastes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, gentle, patrician
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From blue blood + -ed.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: siniverinen — aristocratic or patrician
- Georgian: ცისფერსისხლიანი (cispersisxliani) — aristocratic or patrician
- German: blaublütig — aristocratic or patrician
- Indonesian: berdarah biru — aristocratic or patrician
- Swedish: blåblodig — aristocratic or patrician