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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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