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bluenose

noun

Etymology

From blue + nose. * See sense 2: Coined in references to the color blue as the color of the Presbyterians or Blue law. * See sense 3: Possibly coined in reference to early Nova Scotian sailors whose noses were alleged to turn blue from the cold, or possibly coined in reference to the early settlers who would frequently eat blue potatoes and herring.

  1. derived from *néh₂s-✻
  2. inherited from *nosu✻
  3. inherited from nosu
  4. inherited from nose
  5. compounded as bluenose — “blue + nose”

Definitions

  1. A prude.

  2. Used among Roman Catholics for a Protestant (specifically Puritan).

  3. A native or inhabitant of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. A person who has crossed the Arctic Circle.

      • That summer the Clipper detoured north on its way to Norway so that cadets could be initiated as bluenoses. She passed between the Shetland and Orkney islands on her way to cross the Arctic Circle at Greenwich.

    2. A variety of potato from Nova Scotia, Canada.

    3. A follower of Everton Football Club.

    4. A follower of Birmingham City Football Club.

    5. A trout cod (Maccullochella macquariensis)

    6. Antarctic butterfish (Hyperoglyphe antarctica)

    7. blue-throated wrasse (Notolabrus tetricus)

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA