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Pedigree

Pedigree Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Pedigree? [n] ancestry of a purebred animal [n] line of descent of a pure-bred animal [n] the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Pedigree: ancestry \| blood \| blood line \| bloodline \| bloodline \| descent \| line \| line of descent \| lineage \| origin \| parentage Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pedigree: Almanach de Gotha \| ancestry \| birth \| blood \| bloodline \| blue book \| derivation \| descent \| directory \| extraction \| family \| family tree \| full-blooded \| genealogical tree \| genealogy \| heritage \| line \| line of descent \| lineage \| origin \| parentage \| pedigreed \| Red Book \| roots \| Royal Kalendar \| Social Register \| Stammbaum \| stemma \| stock \| strain \| studbook \| thoroughbred \| tree See Also \| ancestry \| breed \| derivation \| family \| family line \| family tree \| filiation \| folk \| genealogy \| kinfolk \| kinsfolk \| lineage \| phratry \| sept \| side \| stock \| strain \| variety Pedigree In Webster's Dictionary \Ped"i*gree\, n. [Of unknown origin; possibly fr. F. par degr['e]s by degrees, -- for a pedigree is properly a genealogical table which records the relationship of families by degrees; or, perh., fr. F. pied de grue crane's foot, from the shape of the heraldic genealogical trees.] 1. A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors. Alterations of surnames . . . have obscured the truth of our pedigrees. --Camden. His vanity labored to contrive us a pedigree. --Milton. I am no herald to inquire of men's pedigrees. --Sir P. Sidney. The Jews preserved the pedigrees of their tribes. --Atterbury. 2. (Stock Breeding) A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse.

Pedigree Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pedigree?

[n] ancestry of a purebred animal
[n] line of descent of a pure-bred animal
[n] the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"

Pedigree In Webster's Dictionary

\Ped"i*gree\, n. [Of unknown origin; possibly fr. F.
par degr['e]s by degrees, -- for a pedigree is properly a
genealogical table which records the relationship of families
by degrees; or, perh., fr. F. pied de grue crane's foot, from
the shape of the heraldic genealogical trees.]
1. A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a
   register or record of a line of ancestors.

         Alterations of surnames . . . have obscured the
         truth of our pedigrees.               --Camden.

         His vanity labored to contrive us a pedigree.
                                               --Milton.

         I am no herald to inquire of men's pedigrees. --Sir
                                               P. Sidney.

         The Jews preserved the pedigrees of their tribes.
                                               --Atterbury.

2. (Stock Breeding) A record of the lineage or strain of an
   animal, as of a horse.

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