Meaning

4 senses

  1. The highest honor or prize awarded in some competitions and contests.

    Mom's strawberry jam won the blue ribbon at the Holland County Fair three years running.

  2. The emblem of the Order of the Garter.

  3. The badge adopted by a teetotal society.

  4. (Internet)A badge worn or displayed to advocate freedom from online censorship.

More definitions
  • an honor or award gained for excellence

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Tom won a blue ribbon.

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  2. Then I broke my blue ribbon and began to drink again.

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  3. With his lace and embroideries, and his crown of blue ribbon and whalebone, he looked like the king of babies.

    deMit seiner Spitze und Stickereien, und seiner Krone aus blauem Band und Fischbein sah er aus wie der König der Kleinkinder. — Yorwba

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Translations

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Origin

Perhaps a calque of Middle French cordon bleu (“blue ribbon”), worn by knights of the Orde

Perhaps a calque of Middle French cordon bleu (“blue ribbon”), worn by knights of the Order of the Holy Spirit, or after Blue Riband, a sailing award.

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Forms

plural: blue ribbons
Singularblue ribbon
Pluralblue ribbons

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bludgeonblueA1blueberrybluebird
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