blue blood
Other forms: blue bloods
A blue blood is an aristocrat. Blue bloods come from privileged, noble families that are wealthy and powerful.
The word blood has long referred to family ties: people you are related to share the same blood. One specific type of family is composed of blue bloods: members of the aristocracy. Blue bloods have high social status. Shakespearean plays about kings, queens, princes, princesses, and other nobles are all about blue bloods. In America, families like the Kennedys and Bushes qualify as blue bloods.
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a member of the aristocracysynonyms: aristocrat, patriciantypes:brahman, brahmina member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family)female aristocrata woman who is an aristocratHighness(Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal personmale aristocrata man who is an aristocratprincea male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)princessa female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)archduchessa wife or widow of an archduke or a princess of the former ruling house of Austriaarchdukea sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austriacrown princea male heir apparent to a thronecrown princessa female heir apparent to a thronedauphinformerly, the eldest son of the King of France and direct heir to the thronegrand dukea prince who rules a territoryknightoriginally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal meritElectorany of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empireprince consorta prince who is the husband of a reigning female sovereignprincelinga young princeprincelinga petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principalityPrince of Walesthe male heir apparent of the British sovereignprincess royalthe eldest daughter of a British sovereignqueenthe wife or widow of a kingSira title used before the name of knight or baronettype of:leadera person who rules or guides or inspires others
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Vocabulary lists containing blue blood
This list focuses on idioms and expressions that relate to bodies and body parts.
After their father dies in a plane crash, two sisters who never met must come to terms with each other's existence.
While spending the summer at her grandmother's house in Lambert, South Carolina, Candice finds an intriguing old letter in the attic. She joins forces with a neighbor to follow the clues in the letter and find a hidden treasure — but solving the mystery means uncovering past injustices in Lambert.