What does the word pedigree mean?
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Part of speech: noun
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A
line
of
ancestors.
Part of speech: noun
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A
genealogical
register.
Usage examples for pedigree
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His
pedigree
included
nothing
beyond
a
grandfather.
– My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin
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Elmira
was
a
conservative
place-
a
place
of
pedigree
and
family
tradition;
that
a
stranger,
a
former
printer,
pilot,
miner,
wandering
journalist
and
lecturer,
was
to
carry
off
the
daughter
of
one
of
the
oldest
and
wealthiest
families,
was
a
thing
not
to
be
lightly
permitted.
– Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens by Albert Bigelow Paine Last Updated: February 20, 2009
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It
may
seem
to
be
weak,
but
I
have
a
certain
pride
in
our
old
pedigree,
and
it
is
the
earnest
wish
of
my
heart
that
my
son
should
marry
well.
– By Birth a Lady by George Manville Fenn