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English

Adjective

bred from pure stock
well-bred and properly educated

Noun

A particular breed of horse (this does not refer to any pure-bred horse)
A well-bred person.
A person of uncommon strength or endurance.
: That athlete is a real thoroughbred.

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thoroughbred \Thor"ough*bred`\, 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. -- n. A thoroughbred animal,
especially a horse.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet thoroughbred
adj : having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred
animal [syn: pedigree(a), pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded]
n 1: a well-bred person [ant: mixed-blood]
2: a racehorse belonging to a breed that originated from a
cross between Arabian stallions and English mares
3: a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of
horses [syn: purebred, pureblood]

Moby Dictionary
American trotter , Appaloosa , Arabian , Barb , Barbary horse , Belgian ,
Brahman , Cleveland Bay , French coach horse , Galloway , Hambletonian ,
Shetland , Shetland pony , Shire , Suffolk , Turk , archduke ,
aristocrat , armiger , baron , baronet , blue blood , blue-blooded ,
count , daimio , duke , earl , esquire , full-blooded , genet , gentleman ,
grand duke , grandee , hidalgo , highborn , highbred , jennet ,
lace-curtain , laird , landgrave , lord , lordling , magnate , magnifico ,
margrave , marquis , noble , nobleman , of good breed , optimate ,
palomino , palsgrave , patrician , pedigree , pedigreed , peer ,
pur sang , pure-blooded , purebred , quarter horse , saddle horse ,
seigneur , seignior , silk-stocking , squire , swell , upper-cruster ,
viscount , waldgrave , well-bred , wellborn