true blue: Meaning and Definition of

true' blue'

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. a nonfading blue dye or pigment.
  2. a person who is true-blue.
  3. (in the 17th century) the color adopted by the Covenanters in contradistinction to the royal red.

true-blue

Pronunciation: (tr'bl'), [key]
— adj.
  1. unwaveringly loyal or faithful; staunch; unchangingly true.
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