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English Dictionary: pedigree	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pedigree
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pedigree adj having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal Synonym(s): pedigree(a), pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded, thoroughbred n the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" Synonym(s): lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock line of descent of a purebred animal ancestry of a purebred animal Synonym(s): pedigree, bloodline
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pedigree \Ped"igree\, n. [Of unknown origin; possibly fr. F. par degr[82]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. Alterations of surnames . . . have obscured the truth of our pedigrees. --Camden. His vanity labored to contrive us a pedigree. --Milton. I am no herald to inquire of men's pedigrees. --Sir P. Sidney. The Jews preserved the pedigrees of their tribes. --Atterbury. 2. (Stock Breeding) A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse.