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thoroughbred

[ thur-oh-bred, -uh-bred, thuhr- ]

adjective

  1. of pure or unmixed breed, stock, or lineage, as a horse or other animal; bred from the purest and best blood.
  2. (sometimes initial capital letter) of or relating to the Thoroughbred breed of horses.
  3. (of a person) having good breeding or education.


noun

  1. (initial capital letter) one of a breed of horses, to which all racehorses belong, originally developed in England by crossing Arabian stallions with European mares.
  2. a thoroughbred animal.
  3. a well-bred or well-educated person.

thoroughbred

1

/ ˈθʌrəˌbrɛd /

adjective

  1. purebred


noun

  1. a pedigree animal; purebred
  2. a person regarded as being of good breeding

Thoroughbred

2

/ ˈθʌrəˌbrɛd /

noun

  1. a British breed of horse the ancestry of which can be traced to English mares and Arab sires; most often used as a racehorse

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Other Words From

  • thorough·bredness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of thoroughbred1

First recorded in 1695–1705; thorough + bred

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Example Sentences

De la Renta was a confident thoroughbred, never needing to scream for attention.

They acquired Lucky Pulpit for the bargain price of $2,000—about as cheap as a thoroughbred comes these days.

A thoroughbred horse stampeding across the Churchill Downs turn.

The mix of  kickboxing, yoga and Pilates would surely whip anyone into shape, let alone a thoroughbred supermodel.

Occasionally you will encounter a thoroughbred Weenie, a type of Weenie who is to the weaseling, weaselish manner born.

If he had not the air of a thoroughbred, he had none of the plebeian clumsiness of the cart-horse.

But in his eye was the gay inextinguishable gleam of the thoroughbred.

Brought him a high-stepping, fiery, thoroughbred colt which was the admiration and envy of all Riveredge.

A well-bred horse is essential, and other things being equal, if clean thoroughbred, so much the better.

That old ramshackle of a lumber nag whose every rib you can count through her skin is your beautiful thoroughbred?

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