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Definition of Trueblue
1. a. Of inflexible honesty and fidelity; -- a term derived from the true, or Coventry, blue, formerly celebrated for its unchanging color. See True blue, under Blue.
2. n. A person of inflexible integrity or fidelity.
Definition of Trueblue
1. a person of unwavering loyalty [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trueblue
Literary usage of Trueblue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1893)
"CHAPTER XVL trueblue. These men have no votes. Why should I court them '. Grayfox.
No votes, but power. trueblue. What I over charities ? ..."
2. The Oberlin Review (1890)
"Ex. At Vale—Mr. John Harvard (languidly)— Aw. really, Miss trueblue, ...
Miss trueblue (in surprise)—Why, I didn't think you could remember as far back аз ..."
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