BLUE BLOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blue blood mean? 

• BLUE BLOOD (noun)
  The noun BLUE BLOOD has 1 sense:

1. a member of the aristocracy

  Familiarity information: BLUE BLOOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLUE BLOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the aristocracy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

aristocrat; blue blood; patrician

Hypernyms ("blue blood" is a kind of...):

leader (a person who rules or guides or inspires others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blue blood"):

baronet; Bart (a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight)

brahman; brahmin (a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family))

female aristocrat (a woman who is an aristocrat)

Highness ((Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal person)

male aristocrat (a man who is an aristocrat)

prince (a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign))

princess (a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign))

raja; rajah (a prince or king in India)

ranee; rani ((the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja)

Holonyms ("blue blood" is a member of...):

aristocracy; nobility (a privileged class holding hereditary titles)