There are a fair number of curious idiosyncrasies within the systems of royalty and aristocracy, but perhaps one of the most popular queries relates to the well-known phrase ‘a person of blue-blood’.
But what does this curious phrase actually mean?
What Does Blue Blood Mean?by Chancellor von Moritz
In modern parlance, to say a person has ‘blue blood’ is to suggest that they come from a refined heritage such as royalty or the aristocracy.