About The Word Pedigree
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Pedigree
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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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