subs. phr. (old).—1. A Presbyterian: in contempt, blue is still the Presbyterian colour, and with them, as an adjective, describes books and people.
1620. BUTLER, Hudibras, Sc. I., 26. ’Twas Presbyterian TRUE BLUE.
2. (West Indian).—a half-breed—the child of a black woman by a white man: cf. BLUE SQUADRON.
