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Webster 1913 Edition


Cordon bleu


Cordon bleu

(k[GREEK]rˊd[GREEK]n′ bl[GREEK]′)
[F., blue cordon]
,
1.
a first-rate cook, or one worthy to be the cook of the
cordons bleus
, or
Knights of the Holy Ghost
, a distinguished order of French knights, famous for their good dinners.