'Pedigree' definitions:
Definition of 'pedigree'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal [syn: pedigree(a), pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded, thoroughbred]
noun
The descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" [syn: lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock]
noun
Line of descent of a purebred animal
noun
Ancestry of a purebred animal [syn: pedigree, bloodline]
Definition of 'Pedigree'
From: GCIDE
- Pedigree \Ped"i*gree\ (p[e^]d"[i^]*gr[=e]), 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. [1913 Webster]
- Alterations of surnames . . . have obscured the truth of our pedigrees. --Camden. [1913 Webster]
- His vanity labored to contrive us a pedigree. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- I am no herald to inquire of men's pedigrees. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- The Jews preserved the pedigrees of their tribes. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Stock Breeding) A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pedigree'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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