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Definition of Thoroughbred
1. Adjective. Having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal.
Similar to: Purebred
Derivative terms: Pureblood
2. Noun. A well-bred person.
3. Noun. A racehorse belonging to a breed that originated from a cross between Arabian stallions and English mares.
Specialized synonyms: Sir Barton, Gallant Fox, Omaha, War Admiral, Whirlaway, Count Fleet, Assault, Citation, Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Affirmed
4. Noun. A pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses.
Generic synonyms: Animal, Animate Being, Beast, Brute, Creature, Fauna
Derivative terms: Pureblood, Purebred
Definition of Thoroughbred
1. a. Bred from the best blood through a long line; pure-blooded; -- said of stock, as horses. Hence, having the characteristics of such breeding; mettlesome; courageous; of elegant form, or the like.
Definition of Thoroughbred
1. Noun. Any of a breed of horses derived from crosses between Arabian stallions and English mares, bred for racing ¹
2. Adjective. bred from pure stock ¹
3. Adjective. well-bred and properly educated ¹
4. Noun. A particular breed of horse (this does not refer to any purebred horse) ¹
5. Noun. A well-bred person. ¹
6. Noun. A person of uncommon strength or endurance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thoroughbred
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Medical Definition of Thoroughbred
1. Bred from the best blood through a long line; pure-blooded; said of stock, as horses. Hence, having the characteristics of such breeding; mettlesome; courageous; of elegant form, or the like. A thoroughbred animal, especially a horse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thoroughbred
Literary usage of Thoroughbred
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"The term thoroughbred, in its correct application, is restricted -to designate
the English ... thoroughbred is a noun. There is no one best breed of horses, ..."
2. The American Stud Bookby Sanders Dewees Bruce by Sanders Dewees Bruce (1873)
""Containing pedigree of thorough-bred stallions and mares, with their produce from the early accounts of racing in America to end of ...""
3. Frank Forester's Horse and Horsemanship of the United States and British by Henry William Herbert (1871)
"IN preceding articles, definitions and examples of a thoroughbred race-horse ...
But no horse is considered thoroughbred in England whose pedigree is not on ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"The real value of the British thoroughbred is the vital essence which does ...
Briefly, it may be stated in conclusion that the British thoroughbred is the ..."
5. Types and Breeds of Farm Animals by Charles Sumner Plumb (1920)
"In the 1081 horses registered we find the following thoroughbred blood: Pure-bred
thoroughbreds ... 296 horses Containing I 2\ per cent thoroughbred blood . ..."
6. Agriculture by William Penn Brooks (1911)
"The thoroughbred horse — There has been some confusion in the use of the word
... The term thoroughbred as applied to horses is a breed name just as the ..."
7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The broncho crossed with a thoroughbred makes a good polo pony. ... HORSE, American
thoroughbred. The American thoroughbred is the production of pure breeds ..."
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