true-blue
[ troo-bloo ]
/ ˈtruˈblu /
adjective
unwaveringly loyal or faithful; staunch; unchangingly true.
Origin of true-blue
First recorded in 1665–75
Words nearby true-blue
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true time,
true to,
true vocal cord,
true vocal cords,
true-blue,
true-born,
true-crime,
true-false test,
true-life,
trueborn
Definition for true-blue (2 of 2)
true blue
noun
a nonfading blue dye or pigment.
a person who is true-blue.
(in the 17th century) the color adopted by the Covenanters in contradistinction to the royal red.
Origin of true blue
First recorded in 1665–75
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British Dictionary definitions for true-blue
true-blue
adjective
unwaveringly or staunchly loyal, esp to a person, a cause, etc
noun true blue
mainly British
a staunch royalist or Conservative
Idioms and Phrases with true-blue
true blue
Loyal, faithful, as in You can count on her support; she's true blue. This expression alludes to the idea of blue being the color of constancy, but the exact allusion is disputed. One theory holds it alludes to the unchanging blue sky, another to the fastness of a blue dye that will not run. Blue has been the identifying color of various factions in history. In the mid-1600s the Scottish Covenanters, who pledged to uphold Presbyterianism, were called true blue (as opposed to red, the color of the royalists). In the 1800s the same term came to mean “staunchly Tory,” and in America, “politically sound.”