Blue
proper nounnountop 1 000 in film dialogue
A surname from German. An anglicization of German Blau.
proper noun
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A surname from German. An anglicization of German Blau.
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rareA female given name from English, typically used in conjoined names like Bonnie Blue or Blue Bell.
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A male nickname, occasionally used as a formal given name. (Australia) Nickname for a person with ginger hair.
Etymology
From the German surname, Americanized from Blau or its French cognate bleu.
noun
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A letterman at Oxford or Cambridge.
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historicalA member of the Royal Horse Guards (which merged with the 1st Dragoons in 1969)
Have you heard any news / Of that chap in the Blues / Was it Prosser, or Pyecroft, or Pimm?
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Synonym of British Blue (“a breed of cat”).
This Blue shows the remarkable, sleek bodyline of the breed.
Forms
- plural
- Blues
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