true blue

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˌtruː ˈbluː/

Noun

countable historical uncountable

(countable) A faithful partisan or supporter of a cause, person, political party, etc. / (uncountable, historical) A blue dye from Coventry, England, famous for not washing out.

Japanese Meaning

忠実な支持者（政治的な党派や信条に対する熱心な支持者） / 歴史的に、色落ちしないことで知られるイングランド・カヴェントリー産の青い染料

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Even after the scandal, every true blue in the party rallied behind their longtime leader.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

不祥事の後でも、党の筋金入りの支持者たちは皆、長年の指導者を支持し続けた。

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Sense（1）

(countable) A faithful partisan or supporter of a cause, person, political party, etc.

A mild Liberalism prevailed, a Liberalism that would be regarded as hide-bound Toryism now, but was daring enough in those days. One man who had been to work in Northampton proclaimed himself a Radical; but he was cancelled out by the landlord, who called himself a ‘true blue’.

Originally published in Lark Rise (1939).

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Sense（2）

(uncountable, historical) A blue dye from Coventry, England, famous for not washing out.

Sense（3）

(color models and color spaces) A precisely defined pure blue, as for example web color #0000FF = RGB(0,0,255).

true blues

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