"half blue" meaning in All languages combined

See half blue on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: half blues [plural], half-blue [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} half blue (plural half blues)
  1. (education, athletics) Sporting colors that are awarded by a university or other institution for sporting achievement at a lower level, or in a more minor sport, than that required to receive a full blue, especially and originally at Oxford and Cambridge University in England.
    Sense id: en-half_blue-en-noun-5EheOuwy Categories (other): Athletics, Education, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 26 Topics: athletics, education, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. A person who has been awarded such sporting colors.
    Sense id: en-half_blue-en-noun-OAPkZpGY

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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