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It is not so much that I am a blue-blooded oligarch: I just don't feel like an oligarch.
Vladimir Potanin

Meaning of "blue-blooded" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BLUE-BLOODED

blue-blooded  [ˌbluːˈblʌdɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLUE-BLOODED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blue-Blooded is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BLUE-BLOODED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of blue-blooded in the English dictionary

The definition of blue-blooded in the dictionary is having royal or aristocratic descent.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLUE-BLOODED


blooded
ˈblʌdɪd
bloodied
ˈblʌdɪd
budded
ˈbʌdɪd
highblooded
ˈhaɪˌblʌdɪd
spudded
ˈspʌdɪd
studded
ˈstʌdɪd
studied
ˈstʌdɪd
unblooded
ʌnˈblʌdɪd
unbloodied
ʌnˈblʌdɪd
unbudded
ʌnˈbʌdɪd
uncrudded
ʌnˈkrʌdɪd
unstudied
ʌnˈstʌdɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLUE-BLOODED

blue-arsed fly
blue-black
blue-chip
blue-collar
blue-collar worker
blue-eyed
blue-eyed boy
blue-eyed grass
blue-eyed Mary
blue-eyed soul
blue-green algae
blue-on-blue
blue-pencil
blue-pencilled
blue-pencilling
blue-ribbon jury
blue-ringed octopus
blue-rinsed
blue-singlet
blue-skied

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLUE-BLOODED

bar-coded
coded
cold-blooded
corroded
demoded
dismoded
full-blooded
half-blooded
hooded
hot-blooded
outmoded
red-blooded
uncoded
unexploded
unwooded
warm-blooded
well-wooded
wooded

Synonyms and antonyms of blue-blooded in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «blue-blooded» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLUE-BLOODED

Find out the translation of blue-blooded to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of blue-blooded from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «blue-blooded» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

蓝血
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de sangre azul
570 millions of speakers

English

blue-blooded
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीले खून
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأزرق بدم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

голубых кровей
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

de sangue azul
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নীল মাথায়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sang bleu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berdarah biru
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

blaublütigen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

青冷血
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

푸른 피가 흐르는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Biru getih
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

màu xanh máu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீல குருதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निळा-रक्ताचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mavi kanlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sangue blu
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

błękitną krew
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

блакитних кровей
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cu sânge albastru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γαλαζοαίματος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

blou-bloedige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blå blodiga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blå- blooded
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blue-blooded

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLUE-BLOODED»

The term «blue-blooded» is regularly used and occupies the 79.759 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLUE-BLOODED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about blue-blooded

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QUOTES WITH «BLUE-BLOODED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word blue-blooded.
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Vladimir Potanin
It is not so much that I am a blue-blooded oligarch: I just don't feel like an oligarch.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLUE-BLOODED»

Discover the use of blue-blooded in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blue-blooded and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Blue-Blooded Vamp
The epic conclusion to the amazing Sabina Kane urban fantasy series by USA Today bestseller Jaye Wells.
Jaye Wells, 2012
2
Fortune's Spear: The Story of the Blue-Blooded Rogue Behind ...
Gerard Lee Bevan was the model of an Edwardian swell - arrogant, smooth, well-connected and highly cultured.
Martin Vander Weyer, 2012
3
Selected Stories from the Southern Review, 1965-1985
... a blue-blooded family with other blue-blooded people for friends and have been sent to college and elected to Phi Beta Kappa and married a blue-blooded man and had two blue-blooded daughters who had married rich if not blue- blooded ...
Lewis P. Simpson, Jo Gulledge, 1988
4
Hillary and Soon-Yi Shop for Ties: A Vaudeville for the New ...
Working sixty or seventy hours a week I'm supposed to keep one eye peeled for a blue-blooded fireball to bed and wed. We get ourselves a little blue-blooded- fireball town house and blue-blooded- fireball promotions, and fourteen months ...
Michelle Carter, 2001
5
The Beginnings of Jewishness: Boundaries, Varieties, ...
In response his apologist Nicolas denied his Idumaean roots and argued that Herod was a blue-blooded Judaean whose ancestors had arrived on the Judaean equivalent of the Mayflower. If we apply the criteria of later rabbinic law, Herod ...
Shaye J. D. Cohen, 1999
6
The Spouse Stealer
The Spouse Stealer's crux investigates the social and psychological relevance ofits characters as they intertwine their lives and circles of friends and associates.
Mark Francis Schwab, 2010
7
Vampires in Their Own Words: An Anthology of Vampire Voices
We use terms like blue-blooded to indicate royalty, while saying the blood is mingled or thinned means a degenera- tion of royal purity. Thin-blooded also refers to someone old and easily chilled. Hot-blooded indicates a volatile temper, while ...
Michelle Belanger, 2011
8
Tracing Your Aristocratic Ancestors: A Guide for Family ...
In Tracing Your Aristocratic Ancestors leading British genealogist Anthony Adolph explains how to decode family stories, to find the truth and prove your descent from blue-blooded forebears.
Anthony Adolph, 2013
9
Goldmine Price Guide to 45 RPM Records
... 2220 Don't Rockthe Jukebox/Home 1991 4.00 ❑ 9892 Blue Blooded Woman/ Home 1989 10.00 —Issued on blue vinyl ❑ 9922 Here in the Real World/Blue Blooded Woman 1989 4.00 ❑ 12335 Someday/From a Distance 1991 4.00 ❑ 12372 ...
Tim Neely, 2007
10
Pandemic of Lies: The Exile
In fact, it was said the founders had chosen the blue color for the team based on the idea that the first owners were “sangre azul” or “blue-blooded”—or as “blue- blooded” as money could make them. So here was a president who considered ...
Pedro C. LóPez, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLUE-BLOODED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blue-blooded is used in the context of the following news items.
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Christie Cabinet officers running for the doors | Quigley
Although he moved to Princeton after his appointment, he was a blue-blooded New Yorker through and through. His maternal great grandfather ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
2
Angus – young at heart and still rocking on
... jacket, matching shorts with a cap and a tie at Glasgow's Hampden Park last Sunday night is squeaky-clean, blue-blooded music royalty. «Lancashire Evening Post, Jul 15»
3
Why common investors need to enjoy the joys of equity
To be a blue-blooded equity investor, one should set up a business that succeeds dramatically. For those of us who seek salaried jobs, equity ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
4
Cara Delevingne attends Paper Towns premiere at Westfield Miranda
Photo: Donato Sardella. On paper the 22-year-old model, actor and accomplished beatboxer reads as the perfect blue-blooded English rose. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
5
Owens column for July 5, 2015
He's proud of his blue-blooded ancestors, members of upper-crust New York aristocracy. A divorced retiree, Jack is a lonely man with more free ... «Salina Journal, Jul 15»
6
Annabel's splashes out £1.2m on 50th birthday celebrations
London's blue-blooded revellers were up in arms earlier this year after it emerged that it would move from its Berkley Square home to a larger ... «Yahoo Finance UK, Jul 15»
7
Broadway's British invasion: history of a centuries-old transatlantic …
Another blue-blooded show, Wolf Hall, leaves this Sunday – but royalty will be restored to the Great White Way in October, when Mike Bartlett's ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
8
Parkin out to create a breeding dynasty
Other blue-blooded juvenile fillies who could be destined for Branton Court in the future include a highly regarded Dream Ahead half-sister to ... «Racing Post Bloodstock, Jul 15»
9
The millionaire ambulance chasers
It was March 2007 when Slater & Gordon managing partner Andrew Grech introduced the blue-blooded plaintiff law firm to the capital markets. «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
10
In an Android World, 'Humans' Is Real and Terrifying
... teenage hacking prodigy Maddie, when she's caught red-handed attempting to re-program a blue-blooded Synth janitor at her high school: ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»

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