WHAT IS the meaning and origin of “blue blood”?
(B. Prabhuraj, Tiruvannamalai) When you say that someone has blue blood running in his veins what you mean is that he comes from a royal family. He is a person of high or noble birth. *Raju is a blue blooded aristocrat. *Don’t be crazy. There’s no blue blood running in her veins. “Wanted, tall, fair, slim girl for….” Ring a bell? That’s what you normally find in the matrimonial section these days. Such ads often upset a lot of people. They say that this country of ours is very colour conscious. Well, I have news for them. People all over the world are colour conscious. Even the Europeans. “Blue blood” is actually a translation of the Spanish term “sangre azul”. At one time, the Moors (people of the Arab race) ruled over much of Spain. The Moors were dark complexioned and during the seven centuries that they ruled Spain, a lot of interracial marriages took place. But the Spanish aristocrats who lived in Castile did not intermarry with the Moors. As a result, they remained extremely fa
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