blue-blooded
Of royal lineage
Blue-blooded means of noble or aristocratic birth.
The term comes from the visible veins of fair-skinned European aristocrats, who unlike laborers didn't tan from outdoor work.
It now applies broadly to old wealth and social privilege: a blue-blooded family with ancestors on the Mayflower.
The noun is blue blood.
Titled or virtuous
- aristocratPerson of noble birth
- peerageSystem of noble ranks
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
heir · heiress · titled · patrician · highborn · landed gentry · nobility · pedigree
Limited to one group
- eliteSuperior select group
- privilegedHaving special advantages
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- high societyThe social elite
upper class · debutante · cotillion · finishing school · country club · old guard · establishment · posh
noble
Titled or virtuous
- aristocratPerson of noble birth
- peerageSystem of noble ranks
- lineageDescent from progenitors
dynasty · heir · heiress · titled · patrician · highborn · landed gentry · nobility · pedigree · birthright
exclusive
Limited to one group
- eliteSuperior select group
- privilegedHaving special advantages
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
high society · upper class · debutante · cotillion · finishing school · country club · old guard · establishment · posh · refined
monarch
Hereditary supreme ruler
princess · king · queen · throne · palace · regent · succession · coronation · majesty · imperial