blue blood
Old money pedigree
Blue blood refers to aristocratic or noble ancestry, or a person who has it: She married into a family of blue bloods.
The term derives from the visible veins of fair-skinned European nobles who didn't labor in the sun.
Blue-blooded is the adjective form: a blue-blooded family with centuries of wealth.
Titled ruling class
- peerageSystem of noble ranks
- gentryHighborn but not noble
- patricianHighborn Roman elite
- lordNobleman or ruler
lady · duke · duchess · earl · countess · viscount · baron · baroness
Family line of descent
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- genealogyStudy of family descent
family tree · forebears · ancestors · heritage · birthright · lineage · dynasty · primogeniture
Prominent figure in fashionable circles
- jet-setterWealthy frequent traveler
- debutanteFormally introduced young woman
- privilegedHaving special advantages
- old guardConservative faction within organization
establishment · upper crust · well-bred · refined · exclusive · prestigious · posh · country club
nobility
Titled ruling class
lord · lady · duke · duchess · earl · countess · viscount · baron · baroness · baronet
ancestry
Family line of descent
genealogy · family tree · forebears · ancestors · heritage · birthright · lineage · dynasty · primogeniture · inheritance
socialite
Prominent figure in fashionable circles
- jet-setterWealthy frequent traveler
- debutanteFormally introduced young woman
- privilegedHaving special advantages
old guard · establishment · upper crust · well-bred · refined · exclusive · prestigious · posh · country club · finishing school
monarch
Hereditary supreme ruler
princess · emperor · empress · sovereign · crown · throne · palace · dynasty · reign · coronation
- Color Idiomsblack sheep, green light, red flag, white lie, golden rule
- eliteelite, elites, aristocrats, nobility, best
- nobilityking, queen, prince, princess, duke
- social rankstatus, rank, nobility, class, peerage
- statusstatus, prestige, ranking, reputation, elite
- upper classaristocrat, nobles, baron, baroness, baronet
blue bloodcommoner
Non-noble person
common stock · peasant · plebeian · common people · lowborn