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Pedigree

Pedigree Meaning & Definition
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.

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