(Also with capital initials) a person who belongs to a temperance movement, the members of which wear the blue ribbon; (more generally) a person who abstains from alcohol; a teetotaller.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Daily Rocky Mountain (Denver, Colorado) News.
Definition of blue ribboner in US English:
blue ribboner
noun
US historical
(Also with capital initials) a person who belongs to a temperance movement, the members of which wear the blue ribbon; (more generally) a person who abstains from alcohol; a teetotaller.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Daily Rocky Mountain (Denver, Colorado) News.