Definition of Pedigrie
Ped"i*gree (?), n. [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) A record of the
lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
PEDIGREE, n. The known part of the route from an arboreal ancestor
with a swim bladder to an urban descendant with a cigarette.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- a chart, list or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding
- (uncountable) good breeding or ancestry
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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