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Bluenose [see note below]

• • The origin of the term Bluenose is uncertain, as shown by the following quotation:

• 1a n. Hist. a Nova Scotian residing in that province before the American Revolution and the subsequent arrival of the Loyalists.

• 1b n. any Nova Scotian (the usual modern sense).

• 1c n. a New Brunswicker.

• 2a n. a ship built in Nova Scotia, specifically a sailing schooner.

• 2b n. See 1949 quote.

• 2c n. a class of sailboat.

• 3 n. a variety of potato having a bluish tip.

  See also: bluenose potato