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Blue Blood, novel by Edward Conlon (born 1965), New York police officer and author; Blue Blood, a play by Georgia Douglas Johnson; Blue Blood and Mutiny, a 2007 book about bank Morgan Stanley; Blue Bloods (novel series), a series of vampire novels by Melissa de la Cruz, and the first book in the series
Blue blood is an English idiom recorded since 1811 in the Annual Register [17] and in 1834 [18] for noble birth or descent; it is also known as a translation of the Spanish phrase sangre azul, which described the Spanish royal family and high nobility who claimed to be of Visigothic descent, [19] in contrast to the Moors. [20]
The term "blue blood" or being "blue-blooded" is rooted in nobility, with royals being dubbed as such. [1] The modern-day usage referring to an exclusive list of elite college basketball programs has an unclear history. [2]
What is a blue blood, and what criteria must a college football program meet to be considered one? What does it all mean for the sport?
Blue was a latecomer among colors used in art and decoration, as well as language and literature. [7] [verification needed] Reds, blacks, browns, and ochres are found in cave paintings from the Upper Paleolithic period, but not blue. Blue was also not used for dyeing fabric until long after red, ochre, pink and purple.
Its blue blood is harvested for medical researchers and used by drug and medical device makers to test for dangerous impurities in vaccines, prosthetics and intravenous drugs. The crabs are used ...
The term blood is used in genealogical circles to refer to one's ancestry, origins, and ethnic background as in the word bloodline. Other terms where blood is used in a family history sense are blue-blood, royal blood, mixed-blood and blood relative.
Implications of the blue blood system. Fallica said the blue blood title is more of a status symbol than anything, but the label, as arbitrary as it seems to be, still holds power. Blue bloods get ...