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pedigree
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As a noun, pedigree means a chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding. As an adjective, it means having a pedigree.
Meanings of pedigree
11 meaningsnoun
A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding.
A person's ancestral history; ancestry, lineage.
Good breeding or ancestry.
The history or provenance of an idea, custom etc.
The ancestry of a domesticated animal, especially a dog or horse.
The hereditary derivation of an individual
“his entire lineage has been warriors”
Similar: lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood lineLine of descent of a purebred animal
adjective
Having a pedigree.
Purebred.
Having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal
Similar: pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded, thoroughbred
verb
To determine the pedigree of (an animal).
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).