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pedigree
/ˈpɛdəɡɹi/
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What does pedigree mean?
noun
- A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding.
- A person's ancestral history; ancestry, lineage.
- Good breeding or ancestry.
More meanings (5)
noun
- The history or provenance of an idea, custom etc.
- The ancestry of a domesticated animal, especially a dog or horse.
adjective
- Having a pedigree.
- Purebred.
verb
- To determine the pedigree of (an animal).
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpɛdəɡɹi/
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The Smith pedigree has been traced a little more particularly than the Stevensons’, with a similar dearth of illustrious names.
Well, a nice mess you've got us into, with your nodding head and the deference due to a man of pedigree!
More book examples (3)
This vast collection has yielded evidence bearing upon the question of the pedigree of the horse of the most striking character.
Does not the fact that this sense has not been handed down to us point to a flaw in the pedigree?
Had I realized what a very plainly written pedigree I carried about with me, I should have thought long before I visited Ruritania.