blue ribbonn.1. An award made from a blue ribbon given to a competitor who finishes in first place.2. An award or honor given for excellence.blue?-rib?bon adj.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.blue ribbon n 1. (Historical Terms) (in Britain) a badge of blue silk worn by members of the Order of the Garter 2. a badge awarded as the first prize in a competition 3. US a badge worn by a member of a temperance society Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014blue? rib?bon n. 1. a blue ribbon given as the first prize in a contest. 2. the highest award. 3. a blue ribbon worn as a badge of honor by members of the British Order of the Garter. [1645?55] blue?-rib`bon adj. of superior or unmatched quality. [1925?30] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.