Blue Devils

Blue Devils

Blue Devils may refer to:

In botany:
*"Eryngium pinnatifidum", a plant from Western AustraliaIn military history:
*The Fighting Blue Devils, nickname of the 88th Infantry Division (United States) of the United States Army in World War I and World War II
*Blue Devils (French: "les Diables Bleus"), nickname of the Chasseurs Alpins, the elite mountain infantry of the French Army
* Blue Devils (aerobatic team), nickname of the 410 (F) Squadron Aerobatic Team, a Canadian military aerobatic team from 1949-1950

In music:
* The Oklahoma City Blue Devils, a legendary territory jazz band based in Oklahoma, led by Walter Page
* The Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps, a modern World Class drum and bugle corps from Concord, California

In sports:
*Duke Blue Devils, athletic teams from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina
*CCSU Blue Devils, athletic teams from Central Connecticut State University
*Dillard Blue Devils, athletic teams from Dillard University
*Fredonia State Blue Devils, athletic teams from the State University of New York at Fredonia
*Lawrence Tech Blue Devils, athletic teams from Lawrence Technological University
*UW-Stout Blue Devils, athletic team from the University of Wisconsin-Stout
*Belconnen Blue Devils, a football (soccer) team that formerly played in the New South Wales Premier League (Australia)
*Hamburg Blue Devils, an American football team that plays in the German Football League
*Davis Senior High School athletic teams (Davis CA)

In symbolism:
*The adjective blue has been associated with despondency and sadness since the 16th century. The noun the blues has been with us since 1741. The blues is a shortening of blue devils, demons popularly thought to cause depression and sadness. Blue devils have been around since 1616.

Related names

*Blue Demons, athletic teams from Depaul University


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  • blue devils — n. 1. delirium tremens or its hallucinations 2. a depressed feeling; the blues …   English World dictionary

  • blue devils — 1. n. melancholia; depression. □ Hank is down with the blue devils again. □ How do you get rid of the blue devils? 2. n. the delirium tremens. □ You wouldn’t think that a society dame like that would have the blue devils, would you? …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • Blue devils — Devil Dev il, n. [AS. de[ o]fol, de[ o]ful; akin to G. ?eufel, Goth. diaba[ u]lus; all fr. L. diabolus the devil, Gr. ? the devil, the slanderer, fr. ? to slander, calumniate, orig., to throw across; ? across + ? to throw, let fall, fall; cf. Skr …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • blue devils — noun a state of depression he had a bad case of the blues • Syn: ↑blues, ↑megrims, ↑vapors, ↑vapours • Hypernyms: ↑depression * * * 1 …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps — The Blue Devils Location Concord, CA Division …   Wikipedia

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