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blue beret

n. (context military English) United Nations peacekeeper

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Blue beret

A blue beret is a blue-colored beret used by various (usually special) military and other organizations, notably the United Nations peacekeepers who are sometimes referred to as the Blue Berets.

Usage examples of "blue beret".

When the jeep pulled up, driven by an SP wearing fatigues and a blue beret, Robin Green ran to meet it.

Pausing for one last look, he saw Blue Beret emerge from his doorway and follow Hatless, keeping close to the building walls, ready to duck if Hatless should turn.

She wore a blue beret and a very old, First World War trenchcoat at least two sizes too big for her.

He had lost the ancient fake weapon and the blue beret and his glasses.

The captain sprang to attention and gave the kind of salute that even the Guards only reserve for very senior officers as the Brigadier came down the steps resplendent in camouflaged uniform, flak jacket and dark blue beret, a Browning in the holster on his right hip, a swagger stick in his left hand.

When they reached home, Chet was sitting disconsolately on the porch steps fanning himself with a blue beret.

He was wearing combat fatigues, clean, with knife-edge creases, a blue beret sporting a single silver star.

The man was hobbling on two canes, and he had a blue beret pulled down almost to his eyes.

A miniature blue beret crowned the feathered head and a matching scarf was wound once around the delicate neck.

He shifted his assault rifle over his shoulder and touched his blue beret.

It did not take long to recognize the warlady or her bodyguard with the blue beret.

He was dressed in black, had a red scarf tied around his throat, and he wore a blue beret.

He put on a navy-blue beret, settled in a doorway where he could keep an eye on Shelley, and chewed a toothpick for a while.

When the two had been disentangled, and order had been restored, the small wiry man in the blue beret approached the boys with eyes blazing.

The guard in the blue beret spoke to them, and they hastily got out of the way to make room for the next arrivals.