thoroughbred
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- Bred from pure stock.
- Well-bred and properly educated.
Noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Thoroughbred (“horse bred for racing”).
- Any purebred horse.
- A person of uncommon strength or endurance (like that of a thoroughbred horse).
- A well-bred person.
- A horse of a breed derived from crosses between Arabian stallions and English mares, bred for racing, with its breeding history recorded in an official stud book.
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