26984 words

pedigree

4 definitions • 6 examples
1
a list of the parents and other relations of an animal:

Examples:

The breeder showed us the dog's pedigree.
He breeds pedigree poodles/cattle (= ones whose parents and other relations are all of the same breed).
2
a person's family history, education, and experience, or the history of an idea or activity:

Examples:

His voice and manner suggested an aristocratic pedigree.
Isolationism has a long and respectable pedigree in American history.
3
the parents and other family members of a particular animal, or a record of them:

Examples:

a dog’s pedigree
4
The pedigree of a person, idea, or activity is its history:

Examples:

Populism and conservatism have strong Southern pedigrees.

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