blue-blood
Person of lineage
Blue-blood refers to a person of aristocratic or noble birth, or to such lineage itself.
The term suggests inherited wealth and social privilege passed down through generations: The club was full of blue-bloods who'd never worked a day in their lives.
As an adjective, blue-blooded describes someone or something associated with the upper class: a blue-blooded family, blue-blooded traditions.
Titled ruling class
- peerageSystem of noble ranks
- gentryHighborn but not noble
- patricianHighborn Roman elite
- dukeHighest-ranking nobleman
duchess · earl · countess · baron · viscount · marquess · lord · lady
Family line of descent
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- genealogyStudy of family descent
descent · hereditary · birthright · succession · inheritance · heirloom · legacy · progeny
Socially and economically privileged
- privilegedHaving special advantages
- exclusiveLimited to one group
- establishmentFounded organization or venue
- socialiteProminent figure in fashionable circles
plutocrat · oligarch · magnate · tycoon · patron · philanthropist · luminary · dignitary
nobility
Titled ruling class
duke · duchess · earl · countess · baron · viscount · marquess · lord · lady · dowager
ancestry
Family line of descent
genealogy · descent · hereditary · birthright · succession · inheritance · heirloom · legacy · progeny · familial
upper-class
Socially and economically privileged
- privilegedHaving special advantages
- exclusiveLimited to one group
- establishmentFounded organization or venue
socialite · plutocrat · oligarch · magnate · tycoon · patron · philanthropist · luminary · dignitary · prestigious
blue-bloodcommoner
Non-noble person
peasant · plebeian · common man · working class · proletarian
blue-bloodpauper
Person in extreme poverty
poor person · have-not · underprivileged · beggar · vagrant
blue-bloodcommoner
Non-noble person
peasant · plebeian · common people · working class · proletarian
noble, nobleman, noblesse, noblemen, noblewoman, noblewomen, blue blood, blue-blooded, blue-bloods