Definition of Bluebloods

1. Noun. (plural of blueblood), an alternative form of (term blue blood). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bluebloods

1. blueblood [n] - See also: blueblood

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bluebloods

blueberries
blueberry
blueberry bush
blueberry muffin baby
blueberry muffin sign
blueberry pie
blueberry root
blueberry yogurt
blueberrying
blueberrylike
bluebill
bluebills
bluebird
bluebirds
blueblood
bluebloods (current term)
bluebonnet
bluebonnets
bluebook
bluebooks
bluebottle
bluebottles
bluebreast
bluebreasts
bluebuck
bluebucks
bluecap
bluecaps
bluechip
bluecoat

Literary usage of Bluebloods

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1910)
"The bluegrass waves the bluest In Kentucky; Yet, bluebloods are the fewest? In Kentucky; Moonshine is the clearest, By no means the dearest, And yet, ..."

2. The United Service (1903)
"The bluegrass waves the bluest In Kentucky; Tet. bluebloods are the fewest (?) In Kentucky; Moonshine is the clearest. By no means the dearest. ..."

3. Socialism for Students by Joseph E. Cohen (1909)
"Imagine pursuing the chase with the dogs, horses and servants of one of our social bluebloods, without so much as "by your leave! ..."

4. Lands of the Southern Cross: A Visit to South America by Charles Warren Currier (1911)
"They form a society apart, as the "bluebloods" of Argentina, and, socially, mingle little with the newcomers. A large proportion have made fortunes through ..."

5. The Ancient Landmark: A Kentucky Romance by Elizabeth Cherry Waltz (1905)
"Pa isn't counted on by some as right in the county bluebloods, but he's shorely known as a square man. Won't we all make up a party," she laughed out, ..."

6. Gotcha by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1992)
"THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY Taken as a whole, US intelligence is no longer made up of a small glamorous fraternity of adventurous bluebloods--men motivated ..."

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