blue beret

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Etymology

From the colour of the berets worn by UN peacekeepers.

Noun

blue beret (plural blue berets)

  1. (military) A United Nations peacekeeper.
    Synonym: blue helmet
    Coordinate term: Green Beret
    • 1969, Boys' Life‎[1], volume 59, →ISSN:
      The blue berets were the United Nations soldiers. When the fighting had at last been quelled, the government of Cyprus had asked the United Nations to send troops to keep the peace.

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