"blue-blooded" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more blue-blooded [comparative], most blue-blooded [superlative], blueblooded [alternative]
Etymology: blue blood + -ed Etymology templates: {{af|en|blue blood|-ed}} blue blood + -ed Head templates: {{en-adj}} blue-blooded (comparative more blue-blooded, superlative most blue-blooded)
  1. Aristocratic or patrician. Derived forms: blue-bloodedness Related terms: blue blood, red-blooded Translations (aristocratic or patrician): siniverinen (Finnish), ცისფერსისხლიანი (cispersisxliani) (Georgian), blaublütig (German), berdarah biru (Indonesian), blåblodig (Swedish)

Alternative forms

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