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blue blood
(blue blood)
noun
[
mass noun
]
noble birth:
blue blood is no guarantee of any particular merit, competence, or expertise
[
count noun
]
a person of noble birth:
the City blue bloods didn’t like him
Derivatives
blue-blooded
adjective
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