DCHP-2

Bluenose [see note below] DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• • 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