thoroughbred
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See also: Thoroughbred
English
Etymology
Adjective
thoroughbred (comparative more thoroughbred, superlative most thoroughbred)
Related terms
Translations
bred from pure stock
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Noun
thoroughbred (plural thoroughbreds)
- Alternative letter-case form of Thoroughbred (“horse bred for racing”)
- (loosely) Any purebred horse.
- A person of uncommon strength or endurance (like that of a thoroughbred horse).
- That athlete is a real thoroughbred.
- A well-bred person.
Translations
thoroughbred horse (breed)
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Further reading
thoroughbred on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “thoroughbred”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “thoroughbred”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
