half blue

noun

Sporting colors that are awarded by a university or other institution for sporting achievement at a lower level, or in a more minor sport, than that required to receive a full blue, especially and originally at Oxford and Cambridge University in England.

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Meanings

nounhalf blue (plural half blues)

plural half blues · alternative half-blue

  1. athleticsSporting colors that are awarded by a university or other institution for sporting achievement at a lower level, or in a more minor sport, than that required to receive a full blue, especially and originally at Oxford and Cambridge University in England.
  2. A person who has been awarded such sporting colors.
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