Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A line of ancestors; a lineage.
- noun A list of ancestors; a family tree.
- noun A chart of an individual's ancestors used in human genetics to analyze Mendelian inheritance of certain traits, especially of familial diseases.
- noun A list of the ancestors of a purebred animal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To breed (animals) with reference to pedigree (chiefly).
- noun Line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; list of ancestors; genealogical tree.
- noun Synonyms Pedigree, Genealogy, Lineage. Pedigree may be used with reference either to a person or to an animal, as the pedigree of a horse; the others only to a person or family. In some cases it extends to geologic time: as, the pedigree of Cænozoic horses. Genealogy is the series of generations, coming down from the first known ancestor. Lineage views the person as coming in a line of descent, generally honorable, which, however, need not be traced, as in a genealogy or pedigree. Pedigree and lineage are generally much narrower words than genealogy, the last usually covering some personal history and including details of various matters of interest to the persons or families concerned.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors.
- noun (Stock Breeding) A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a pedigree.
- adjective
Purebred . - noun A
chart ,list , orrecord ofancestors , to showbreeding , especiallydistinguished breeding. - noun uncountable Good breeding or ancestry.
- noun A history or
provenance .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the descendants of one individual
- adjective having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal
- noun ancestry of a purebred animal
- noun line of descent of a purebred animal
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Any coin that caries the NORWEB pedigree is special in and of itself.
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Second, it's a (almost) dry rendition (most of the Vignoles with any sort of pedigree is used in dessert and ice-style wines).
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Not only that, but the pedigree is distinguished as well.
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It seems that every idea that Obama puts forward with a GOP pedigree is shot down.
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Not only that, but the pedigree is distinguished as well.
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Second, it's a (almost) dry rendition (most of the Vignoles with any sort of pedigree is used in dessert and ice-style wines).
New York Cork Club 2009
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Jeter always seems to be in the middle of the action when the Yankees put together a rally, and his postseason pedigree is unassailable.
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Second, it's a (almost) dry rendition (most of the Vignoles with any sort of pedigree is used in dessert and ice-style wines).
Long Island Wine 2009
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Mr. Hall's pedigree is unusual for a politician: He was a member of the successful 1970s band Orleans, and was able to draw on a network of fellow musicians to raise campaign funds and raise his profile.
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But what it had in pedigree it lost in promotion — there was very little — and then ABC began jerking around the with the schedule.
reesetee commented on the word pedigree
I liked this word so much better before it became a dog food brand....
September 25, 2007
BrainyBabe commented on the word pedigree
The truth was, the Otchkinsons had risen in the world, and would have felt happier now in a road with a longer pedigree. - ''Yashima, or, The Gorgeous West'' by R T Sherwood, 1931.
December 24, 2008
amacleod03 commented on the word pedigree
Ancestral lineage, professional preparation, life history, criminal record, or provenance, especially in tabular form.
July 27, 2009