- CORDON BLUE
- formerly the badge of the Order of the Holy Ghost, now the badge of highest excellence in a cook.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
CORDON BLUE
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Cordon Blue — For the Schnitzel variant, see Cordon Bleu (food). For the cooking school, see Le Cordon Bleu. For Chicken Cordon Bleu, see Chicken Cordon Bleu. Cordon Blue, formerly the badge of the Order of the Holy Ghost, now the badge of highest excellence… … Wikipedia
blue — {{11}}blue (v.) to make blue, c.1600, from BLUE (Cf. blue) (1). {{12}}blue (1) c.1300, bleu, blwe, etc., from O.Fr. blo pale, pallid, wan, light colored; blond; discolored; blue, blue gray, from Frankish *blao or some other Germanic source, from… … Etymology dictionary
Cordon bleu — (k?r {d?n} bl? ) [F., blue cordon], 1. a first rate cook, or one worthy to be the cook of the cordons bleus, or Knights of the Holy Ghost, a distinguished order of French knights, famous for their good dinners. [1913 Webster] 2. the blue ribbon… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cordon — mid 15c., cord or ribbon worn as an ornament, from M.Fr. cordon ribbon, dim. of O.Fr. corde cord (see CORD (Cf. cord)). Sense of a line of people or things guarding something is 1758. Original sense preserved in cordon bleu (1727) the highest… … Etymology dictionary
cordon bleu — [kō̂r dōn blö′] n. [Fr] 1. the blue ribbon formerly worn as an emblem by Knights of the Order of the Holy Ghost, the highest order of knighthood in France under the Bourbon monarchy 2. a very high distinction 3. a person entitled to wear the… … English World dictionary
Blue-breasted — may refer to:* Blue breasted Bee eater, a species of bird in the Meropidae family * Blue breasted Cordon bleu, a common species of estrildid finch * Blue breasted Fairy wren, a species of bird in the Maluridae family * Blue breasted Flycatcher, a … Wikipedia
Blue-capped — may refer to:* Blue capped Cordon bleu, small finch * Blue capped Ifrita, mall olive brown cinclosomatid bird found in mountain forests of New Guinea * Blue capped Rock Thrush, species of thrush that breeds in the foothills of the Himalayas and… … Wikipedia
cordon bleu — ► ADJECTIVE Cookery ▪ of the highest class. ► NOUN (pl. cordons bleus pronounc. same) ▪ a cook of the highest class. ORIGIN French, blue ribbon (once signifying the highest order of chivalry in the reign of the Bourbon kings) … English terms dictionary
cordon bleu — Fr. /kawrdd dawonn blue /, pl. cordons bleus Fr. /kawrdd dawonn blue /. 1. the sky blue ribbon worn as a badge by knights of the highest order of French knighthood under the Bourbons. 2. some similar high distinction. 3. one entitled to wear the… … Universalium
Blue-capped Cordon-bleu — Taxobox name = Blue capped Cordon bleu status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Estrildidae genus = Uraeginthus species = U. cyanocephalus binomial = Uraeginthus… … Wikipedia
