blue henn.

Brit.

/ˈbluː hɛn/, U.S.

/ˈblu ˌhɛn/

Forms: Frequently with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., hen n.¹

Etymology: < blue adj. + hen n.¹Apparently originally (in sense 1a) in allusion to a breed of chicken having blue plumage notable for its ferocity (especially in cockfights), hence applied to formidable (human) fighters. Sense 1b apparently originated as a specific application of this use, apparently originally as the nickname of a particular unit in the American revolutionary war (compare quot. 1840 at sense 1b), although contemporary evidence for this is lacking. Sense 2 apparently arose from sense 1b.

U.S.

1. In phrase blue hen's chicken (also chick).

a. A formidable fighter; a feisty, spirited, or quick-tempered person. Usually in plural.

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society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > one who fights

fighterc1300

viragoa1387

barratora1400

combatant1489

combater1598

viragoa1616

scuffler1633

blue hen's chicken (also chick)c1800

scrapper1874

fightist1877

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigorous or energetic person

pealerc1400

terrier1532

swinger1583

whipster1590

fireman1648

my (also me) hearty1735

whitherer1790

spunkie1806

vigorist1807

spunk1808

goer1811

smiter1823

hard hitter1831

blue hen's chicken (also chick)1859

stem-winder1875

vital force1886

live wire1896

towser1901

powerhouse1908

jazzer1912

c1800 D. Vance in R. Henry & D. Vance Narr. Battle Cowan's Ford 1781 (1891) 28 We were a formidable flock of blue hen's chickens of the game blood, of indomitable courage, and strangers to fear.

1830 A. Royall Lett. from Alabama 69 [Andrew Jackson] loves a jest. He told one of our party he was ‘One of the blue hen's chickens’.

1859 C. J. Peterson Mil. Heroes Revol. 454 His [sc. Thomas Sumpter's] fine soldierly aspect and his kindling eye, warmed up their patriotism... ‘You are a Blue Hen's chicken,’ they said; and enlisted almost to a man.

1926 in J. F. Dobie Rainbow in Morning 83 She's one of the old blue hen's chickens; i.e., a ‘hell cat’, a termagant.

1965 A. B. Guthrie Blue Hen's Chick viii. 97 Without apology she told them in so many words that I was the blue hen's chick.

1999 J. A. Ramage Gray Ghost (2010) vii. 97 Mosby called his best fighters blue hen's chickens.

b. A nickname for: a soldier from Delaware (frequently in plural with the, as the nickname of a particular regiment or company composed of these soldiers) (now historical). Later more generally: (a nickname for) a native or inhabitant of Delaware.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > American

Pennsylvania division1779

blue hen's chicken (also chick)1840

Mormon battalion1847

teddy1917

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > specific state > states

Marylander1640

Rhode Islander1665

Jerseyman1679

Pennsylvanian1685

Carolinian1705

Georgian1732

Marylandian1750

Jersey blue1758

Californian1762

Louisianian1775

Mississippian1775

Acadian1776

Vermonteer1778

Kentuckian1779

Vermontese1783

Indianian1784

Cohee1786

Kentuck1789

Virginian1797

Michiganian1813

Michigan1814

Tennessean1815

Ohioan1818

Illinoian1819

Ohian1819

Missourian1820

buckeye1823

Vermonter1825

Hoosier1826

red horse1833

sucker1833

wolverine1833

puke1834

corn-cracker1835

Texian1835

Alaskan1836

Texan1837

Michigander1838

Oregonian1838

Rackensack1839

Arkansian1844

badger1844

Bay Stater1845

Lone Star Stater1845

Oregonese1845

tar-boiler1845

weasel1845

web foot1845

Alabaman1846

Iowanc1848

Arkansan1851

Minnesotian1851

Washingtonian1852

Minnesotan1854

Nebraskan1854

Kansian1855

Utahan1855

Floridan1856

fly-up-the-creek1857

Dakotian1861

Coloradan1862

Coloradian1862

Texican1863

Coloradoan1864

tarheel1864

Cajun1868

Kansan1868

Montanian1869

Floridian1870

mudcat1872

New Jerseyan1872

Arkansawyer1874

longhorn1876

Mainer1879

New Jerseyite1885

prune picker1892

Hawaiian1893

Oklahoman1894

Tex1909

blue hen's chicken1921

Tejano1925

Geechee1926

Arkie1927

sooner1930

wyomingite1930

New Mexican1940

Okie1948

1840 Niles' Reg. 9 May 154/3 In the revolutionary war..Captain Caldwell [of Delaware] had a company called by the rest ‘Caldwell's game cocks’, and the regiment after a time in Carolina was nicknamed from this, ‘the blue hen's chickens’ and the ‘blue chickens’... But after they had been distinguished in the south the name of the Blue Hen was applied to the state.

1861 Delaware Inquirer 5 May Delaware's honor in your hands... Blue-Hen's Chickens to the front! Forward! March!

1864 Congress. Globe June 2968/2 I remember the early history of the Blue Hen's Chickens and it is a proud one.

1921 (title) Blue hen's chickens' cook book. [Published in Milford, Delaware.]

1949 Amer. Speech 24 26 Almost every American has heard..Blue Hen's Chicken for a Delawarean.

2005 R. Wiener & J. R. Arnold Delaware viii. 53 The 1st Delaware regiment, one of the finest in Washington's army, called themselves the ‘Blue Hen's Chickens’, after Delaware's famous fighting roosters.

2. More fully Blue Hen State. A nickname for: the state of Delaware.

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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States > specific states > Delaware

blue hen1840

1840 Niles' Reg. 9 May 154/3 But the whigs of the revolution never ceased to boast of the Blue Hen and her chickens.

1867 Trübner's Amer. Lit. Rec. 1 Aug. [Delaware] is popularly known..as The Blue Hen or Diamond State.

1895 A. Hamilton Addr. in M. W. Stryker Hamilton, Lincoln & Other Addr. (1896) i. 20 First came dear little Delaware, the ‘blue hen’ with her chickens.

1904 N.Y. Evening Post 10 Nov. 1 The most reliable information..from the Blue Hen state indicates [etc.].

1916 Story of States 113 (heading) It's time the blue hen cackled.

2008 Washington Post (Nexis) 9 Mar. n6 On Saturday, the capital of the Blue Hen State turns shamrock green.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blue hen
释义	blue henn. Brit. /ˈbluː hɛn/, U.S. /ˈblu ˌhɛn/ Forms: Frequently with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., hen n.¹ Etymology: < blue adj. + hen n.¹Apparently originally (in sense 1a) in allusion to a breed of chicken having blue plumage notable for its ferocity (especially in cockfights), hence applied to formidable (human) fighters. Sense 1b apparently originated as a specific application of this use, apparently originally as the nickname of a particular unit in the American revolutionary war (compare quot. 1840 at sense 1b), although contemporary evidence for this is lacking. Sense 2 apparently arose from sense 1b. U.S. 1. In phrase blue hen's chicken (also chick). a. A formidable fighter; a feisty, spirited, or quick-tempered person. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > one who fights fighterc1300 viragoa1387 barratora1400 combatant1489 combater1598 viragoa1616 scuffler1633 blue hen's chicken (also chick)c1800 scrapper1874 fightist1877 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigorous or energetic person pealerc1400 terrier1532 swinger1583 whipster1590 fireman1648 my (also me) hearty1735 whitherer1790 spunkie1806 vigorist1807 spunk1808 goer1811 smiter1823 hard hitter1831 blue hen's chicken (also chick)1859 stem-winder1875 vital force1886 live wire1896 towser1901 powerhouse1908 jazzer1912 c1800 D. Vance in R. Henry & D. Vance Narr. Battle Cowan's Ford 1781 (1891) 28 We were a formidable flock of blue hen's chickens of the game blood, of indomitable courage, and strangers to fear. 1830 A. Royall Lett. from Alabama 69 [Andrew Jackson] loves a jest. He told one of our party he was ‘One of the blue hen's chickens’. 1859 C. J. Peterson Mil. Heroes Revol. 454 His [sc. Thomas Sumpter's] fine soldierly aspect and his kindling eye, warmed up their patriotism... ‘You are a Blue Hen's chicken,’ they said; and enlisted almost to a man. 1926 in J. F. Dobie Rainbow in Morning 83 She's one of the old blue hen's chickens; i.e., a ‘hell cat’, a termagant. 1965 A. B. Guthrie Blue Hen's Chick viii. 97 Without apology she told them in so many words that I was the blue hen's chick. 1999 J. A. Ramage Gray Ghost (2010) vii. 97 Mosby called his best fighters blue hen's chickens. b. A nickname for: a soldier from Delaware (frequently in plural with the, as the nickname of a particular regiment or company composed of these soldiers) (now historical). Later more generally: (a nickname for) a native or inhabitant of Delaware. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > American Pennsylvania division1779 blue hen's chicken (also chick)1840 Mormon battalion1847 teddy1917 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > specific state > states Marylander1640 Rhode Islander1665 Jerseyman1679 Pennsylvanian1685 Carolinian1705 Georgian1732 Marylandian1750 Jersey blue1758 Californian1762 Louisianian1775 Mississippian1775 Acadian1776 Vermonteer1778 Kentuckian1779 Vermontese1783 Indianian1784 Cohee1786 Kentuck1789 Virginian1797 Michiganian1813 Michigan1814 Tennessean1815 Ohioan1818 Illinoian1819 Ohian1819 Missourian1820 buckeye1823 Vermonter1825 Hoosier1826 red horse1833 sucker1833 wolverine1833 puke1834 corn-cracker1835 Texian1835 Alaskan1836 Texan1837 Michigander1838 Oregonian1838 Rackensack1839 Arkansian1844 badger1844 Bay Stater1845 Lone Star Stater1845 Oregonese1845 tar-boiler1845 weasel1845 web foot1845 Alabaman1846 Iowanc1848 Arkansan1851 Minnesotian1851 Washingtonian1852 Minnesotan1854 Nebraskan1854 Kansian1855 Utahan1855 Floridan1856 fly-up-the-creek1857 Dakotian1861 Coloradan1862 Coloradian1862 Texican1863 Coloradoan1864 tarheel1864 Cajun1868 Kansan1868 Montanian1869 Floridian1870 mudcat1872 New Jerseyan1872 Arkansawyer1874 longhorn1876 Mainer1879 New Jerseyite1885 prune picker1892 Hawaiian1893 Oklahoman1894 Tex1909 blue hen's chicken1921 Tejano1925 Geechee1926 Arkie1927 sooner1930 wyomingite1930 New Mexican1940 Okie1948 1840 Niles' Reg. 9 May 154/3 In the revolutionary war..Captain Caldwell [of Delaware] had a company called by the rest ‘Caldwell's game cocks’, and the regiment after a time in Carolina was nicknamed from this, ‘the blue hen's chickens’ and the ‘blue chickens’... But after they had been distinguished in the south the name of the Blue Hen was applied to the state. 1861 Delaware Inquirer 5 May Delaware's honor in your hands... Blue-Hen's Chickens to the front! Forward! March! 1864 Congress. Globe June 2968/2 I remember the early history of the Blue Hen's Chickens and it is a proud one. 1921 (title) Blue hen's chickens' cook book. [Published in Milford, Delaware.] 1949 Amer. Speech 24 26 Almost every American has heard..Blue Hen's Chicken for a Delawarean. 2005 R. Wiener & J. R. Arnold Delaware viii. 53 The 1st Delaware regiment, one of the finest in Washington's army, called themselves the ‘Blue Hen's Chickens’, after Delaware's famous fighting roosters. 2. More fully Blue Hen State. A nickname for: the state of Delaware. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States > specific states > Delaware blue hen1840 1840 Niles' Reg. 9 May 154/3 But the whigs of the revolution never ceased to boast of the Blue Hen and her chickens. 1867 Trübner's Amer. Lit. Rec. 1 Aug. [Delaware] is popularly known..as The Blue Hen or Diamond State. 1895 A. Hamilton Addr. in M. W. Stryker Hamilton, Lincoln & Other Addr. (1896) i. 20 First came dear little Delaware, the ‘blue hen’ with her chickens. 1904 N.Y. Evening Post 10 Nov. 1 The most reliable information..from the Blue Hen state indicates [etc.]. 1916 Story of States 113 (heading) It's time the blue hen cackled. 2008 Washington Post (Nexis) 9 Mar. n6 On Saturday, the capital of the Blue Hen State turns shamrock green. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1800
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