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BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 91 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BLA-BOS
BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages) , the name of a colour, used in many colloquial
phrases. From the fact of various parties, political and other, having adopted the colour blue as their badge, various classes of people have come to be known as " blue " or " blues "; thus " true blue " meant originally a staunch Presbyterian, the
Covenanters
  having adopted blue as their colour as opposed to red, the royal colour; similarly, in the navy, there was in the 18th century a " Blue
Squadron
 ," Nelson being at one time " Rear-
Admiral
  of the Blue "; again, in 169o, the Royal Horse
Guards
  were called the "Blues" from their blue uniforms, or, from their leader, the
earl
  of
Oxford
 , the "
Oxford
  Blues "; also, from the blue ribbon worn by the knights of the Garter comes the use of the phrase as the highest mark of distinction that can be worn, especially applied on the
turf
  to the winning of the Derby. The " blue Peter " is a rectangular blue flag, with a white square in the centre, hoisted at the top of the foremast as a
signal
  that a vessel is about to leave port. At Oxford and
Cambridge
  a man who represents his university in certain athletic sports is called a " blue " from the " colours " he is then entitled to
wear
 , dark blue for Oxford and light blue for
Cambridge
 .


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