Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: bluenose  'bloo,nowz
Usage: informal
  1. [US, informal] A person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
    "He was labelled a bluenose for objecting to the risqué jokes at the party";
    - prude, puritan
     
  2. [Cdn, informal] A native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia
    "As a proud Bluenose, she knew every harbour along the coast";
    - Nova Scotian, Bluenose [Cdn, informal]

Derived forms: Bluenoses, bluenoses

Type of: Canadian, Canuck [informal], disagreeable person, unpleasant person

Encyclopedia: Bluenose