blue beret

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UN Peacekeepers wearing their iconic blue berets

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From the colour of the berets worn by UN peacekeepers.

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blue beret (plural blue berets)

  1. (military) A United Nations peacekeeper.
    • 1969, Boys' Life, 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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