pedigree, bloodline
(noun) ancestry of a purebred animal
pedigree
(noun) line of descent of a purebred animal
lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
(noun) the descendants of one individual; “his entire lineage has been warriors”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pedigree (countable and uncountable, plural pedigrees)
A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding. [from 15th c.]
A person's ancestral history; ancestry, lineage. [from 15th c.]
(uncountable) Good breeding or ancestry. [from 15th c.]
The history or provenance of an idea, custom etc. [from 16th c.]
The ancestry of a domesticated animal, especially a dog or horse. [from 17th c.]
pedigree (comparative more pedigree, superlative most pedigree)
Having a pedigree.
Purebred.
pedigree (third-person singular simple present pedigrees, present participle pedigreeing, simple past and past participle pedigreed)
(transitive) To determine the pedigree of (an animal).
Source: Wiktionary
Ped"i*gree, n. Etym: [Of unknown origin; possibly fr. F. par degrés 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)
Definition: A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
