Synonyms for blue-blooded

Grammar : Adj

Spell : bloo bluhd for 1; bloo bluhd for 2

Phonetic Transcription : ˈblu ˌblʌd for 1; ˈblu ˈblʌd for 2

Définition of blue-blooded

Origin : 1834, translating Spanish sangre azul, claimed by certain families of Castile as uncontaminated by Moorish or Jewish admixture, probably from the notion of the visible veins of people of fair complexion.

adj aristocratic

Example sentences :

The “blue-blooded” little girl looked with horror at the dress.
Extract from : « Dixie Martin » by Grace May North

Mrs. Custis remarked that Washington certainly was a blue-blooded man.
Extract from : « The Entailed Hat » by George Alfred Townsend

So all the culture—if culture meant refinement of thoughts and actions—was not confined to the blue-blooded aristocrats!
Extract from : « Colorado Jim » by George Goodchild

The blue-blooded aristocrat had appeared at Yale, and he had chosen his circle of acquaintances with great care.
Extract from : « Frank Merriwell at Yale » by Burt L. Standish

We're a nasty lot, we Ffrenches; a lot of blue-blooded snobs without any red blood in us.
Extract from : « The Flying Mercury » by Eleanor M. Ingram

Whenever Amadeus and his spouse went there for an airing, the blue-blooded of the opposition significantly trotted off.
Extract from : « Romantic Spain » by John Augustus O'Shea

Would Sir Walter have been less great had he sprung from common stock or would Robbie have been greater had he been blue-blooded?
Extract from : « An American Hobo in Europe » by Ben Goodkind

A plain American has to go some to round up and get the right brand on some of these blue-blooded names of yours.
Extract from : « A Daughter of the Dons » by William MacLeod Raine

Outwardly calm—yes: that at least was due to the memory of his blue-blooded father.
Extract from : « Men, Women and Guns » by H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile

Frank is in the stock-raising business at present, and carries a side line of blue-blooded dogs.
Extract from : « Fore! » by Charles Emmett Van Loan

Antonyms for blue-blooded

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