Blue Blooded

Word BLUE BLOODED
Character 12
Hyphenation blue-blooded
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From the medieval European belief that royalty and nobility had blue blood; the elite had enough power and wealth that they could afford to have peasants and the urban poor do their dirty work for them- since the aristocrats were able to stay inside and avoid long hours in the fields (and the sunlight), they were often so pale that their blue veins showed under their translucent skin, thus leading people to believe that their blood was blue. Now it generally refers to people from old money: families who have been wealthy aristocrats for generations on generations. Urban Dictionary

Translated from the old Spanish phrase "sangre azul", blue blood derives from the Medieval belief in Europe (among other places) that the blood of the royalty and nobility was blue; since the royal family and aristocrats were wealthy and powerful enough to pay commoners to labor in the fields for them, their skin was translucent and pale enough for their blue veins to stand out. It also refers to old money families: families that have been aristocrats for many generations. Urban Dictionary

Comes from the medieval belief that aristocratic blood was blue. Usually used talking about nobelty and royal family members. Urban Dictionary

Royalty, Hiearch, noble, most land, most gain, wealth, skin turns pale, blue veins show. Believe strictly in enriching in life. Urban Dictionary

This means that you come from a wealthy background (old money). Urban Dictionary

The first novel in the vampire series by Melissa De La Cruz. Set in the city of Manhattan, the city's supernatural elite are running rampatant. But mysterious cases of full consumptions are turning up; vampires are dying! Urban Dictionary

A person of noble birth. this group of people are born into an elite and noble family. Blue bloods generally reside on the East Coast (New England) and live privileged lifestyles. Many blue bloods attend prestigious boarding/preparatory schools, elite institutions (colleges and universities); summer in expensive vacation communities (i.e. Martha's Vineyard, Long Island, Maine, New Hampshire, etc.), and wear preppy clothes. Blue bloods are usually extremely affluent and tend to not flaunt there money. They come from "old money" and are the opposite of "nouveau riche". Urban Dictionary

Old school slang for common folks back in medieval times. Those of low class work in hard labor (agricultural) and spending majority of the time being exposed to the sun; so they tan. Where as the high class folks do nothing, but stay inside their homes; getting paler. So pale that their skin become--as some say like alabaster, that you can see their blue veins through their skin. Thus the word "Blue Blood". Urban Dictionary

A blue blood, when said in a conversation about college basketball, refers to the historically best programs. Example Teams: Kansas Kentucky Duke North Carolina UCLA Urban Dictionary

Family generations who served as law enforcement officers. Urban Dictionary

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The word "blue-blooded" in example sentences

The other students looked down their noses at them, especially the ones who came from so-called blue-blooded families, families who were able to trace their lineage back to the Pilgrims, families like Grandma Olivia’s, Daddy’s mother, who ruled over us like a dowager queen. ❋ V.C. Andrews® (1997)

One interesting revelation that Stone includes is that Morales 'blue-blooded predecessor barely spoke Spanish, which helps explain why Morales and politicians of his ilk have come to power. ❋ Dan Lybarger (2010)

Would his lordship (Hugh Bonneville) allow the law to take its course or let the nearest blue-blooded interloper marry his eldest daughter, Mary, and see (assuming this is possible when you're dead) the ancestral home pass out of the family's hands for ever? ❋ Phil Hogan (2010)

It was a blue-blooded, mano-a-mano parlor game, a sartorial one-upmanship that the stylish button-downers would engage in, Mr. Flusser said. ❋ Steve Garbarino (2011)

The brainchild of Harvard zoologist Harold Jefferson Coolidge, a blue-blooded descendant of Thomas Jefferson, the Information Exchange of the Emergency Rescue Equipment Section ERE, despite its more far-fetched investigations, managed to come up with some useful ideas for agent paraphernalia. ❋ Jennet Conant (2011)

A blue-blooded lady born of a marriage between members of the Al-Rasheed and Shammar tribes - which makes her a relative of the current Saudi Arabian King Abdullah - she ruled the province of Ha'il from 1911 to 1914 as an administrator of her minor grandson's estate. ❋ Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi (2011)

But this one had striking elements: real life, the perfect location for an upset and a blue-blooded program now even more honored after a devastating last bow. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You may not mourn the vanished world of the aristocracy especially if you're not blue-blooded but this work can surely make you feel like you should, if only for a while. ❋ Michael Giltz (2011)

But even in the gossip-prone fashion world, the company managed to keep its most blue-blooded client a secret to the last minute. ❋ Cecilie Rohwedder (2011)

The wild-dog was maturer than Jerry, larger-bodied, and wiser in wickedness; but Jerry was blue-blooded, right-selected, and valiant. ❋ Unknown (2010)

However, Zamansky's lawsuit is just one of a swarm of legal problems that surround Goldman, whose name once typified blue-blooded banker wealth but now attracts a legion of critics who see it as a byword for out-of-control greed. ❋ Unknown (2011)

He's gone out of his way not to mention his blue-blooded carousing, because he knows it would make the average citizen puke themselves into a coma, and one side-effect of this is that he seems shifty and suspicious. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One of the first venture capitalist-funded IT services firms in India, it had a blue-blooded cast of senior IT professionals from companies such as Wipro, Cambridge Technology Partners and Lucent. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Even the blue-blooded U.K. private bank Coutts, once a paragon of traditionally male City values, has launched a specialized service for its female clients called Coutts Woman. ❋ Tanzeel Akhtar (2011)

The two scrub cows that came with the place I sold to the butcher for thirty dollars each, paying two hundred and fifty for two blue-blooded Jersey heifers ... and coined money on the exchange, while Calkins and the rest went right on with their scrubs that couldn't give enough milk to pay for their board. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The blue blood elite have long been discouraged from intermarrying with [commoners], lest their pure [bloodlines] be contaminated, ignoring the degenerative effects of [inbreeding]. ❋ Lorelili (2011)

The blue blood disdainfully looked upon the unrefined manners of the [nouveau riche] (aka "[new money]"). The blue blood of the elite could not be tainted by the blood of [commoners], lest the whole line be polluted (disregarding the risks of inbreeding). ❋ Lorelili (2011)

There's too much blue blood in this family! They really should [mix] with [the common] people otherwise they'll [degenerate]... ❋ French_dude (2004)

[Courtney's] [blue blooded] look at her soft white skin and her wrists of blue veins be careful. [Blue blooded] were the first rich, and richer. ❋ Footsteps (2009)

"His blood is so blue, that he is a [natural-born] [yacht club] [captain]." ❋ Marc (2003)

The Blue Bloods novels are [amazing]. ❋ Ashley247 (2008)

President [John F. Kennedy] (JFK) is a blue blood. Henry lives in Greenwich, Connecticut; summers in [East Hampton], goes to [Phillips Exeter Academy] and plans to attend Yale in the fall. He's a blue blood. ❋ Huboli11 (2012)

[it doesn't matter] how hard [your dad] works, [you'll never] be a Blue Blood like us. ❋ Cinnamonbon (2009)

Many say that there aren’t any [blue bloods] in the 2019 [Final Four], which consists of Michigan State, Virginia, [Texas Tech], and Auburn. ❋ ICWeinerz69 (2019)

my [uncles] and grandfather were from a blue blood family since 1 was [NYPD] [detective] and 2 others were FBI agents ❋ Showa 96 The Ham-eating Crusader808 (2017)

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