[syn: pedigree(a), pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded, thoroughbred]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Thoroughbred \Thor"ough*bred`\, a.
Bred from the best blood through a long line; pure-blooded;
-- said of stock, as horses. Hence, having the
characteristics of such breeding; mettlesome; courageous; of
elegant form, or the like. -- n. A thoroughbred animal,
especially a horse.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
thoroughbred
adj 1: having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred
animal [syn: pedigree(a), pedigreed, pureblood,
pureblooded, thoroughbred]
n 1: a well-bred person
2: a racehorse belonging to a breed that originated from a cross
between Arabian stallions and English mares
3: a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of
horses [syn: thoroughbred, purebred, pureblood]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "thoroughbred":
American trotter, Appaloosa, Arabian, Barb, Barbary horse, Belgian,
Brahman, Cleveland Bay, French coach horse, Galloway, Hambletonian,
Shetland, Shetland pony, Shire, Suffolk, Turk, archduke,
aristocrat, armiger, baron, baronet, blue blood, blue-blooded,
count, daimio, duke, earl, esquire, full-blooded, genet, gentleman,
grand duke, grandee, hidalgo, highborn, highbred, jennet,
lace-curtain, laird, landgrave, lord, lordling, magnate, magnifico,
margrave, marquis, noble, nobleman, of good breed, optimate,
palomino, palsgrave, patrician, pedigree, pedigreed, peer,
pur sang, pure-blooded, purebred, quarter horse, saddle horse,
seigneur, seignior, silk-stocking, squire, swell, upper-cruster,
viscount, waldgrave, well-bred, wellborn