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blue-blooded Definition


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blue blood
noun
    1. Royal or aristocratic ancestry.
Derivative: blue-blooded
adj
    Etymology: 19c: a translation of the Spanish sangre azul, probably referring originally to the ‘blue blood' visible in the veins of the fair-skinned pure-blooded aristocratic old families of Castile (as distinct from those with darker skin, of Moorish blood or of mixed race, etc).



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