Meaning & use
pedigreed
Having a documented line of ancestors, especially a distinguished one, as with a purebred animal.
See it in a sentence
The show featured only pedigreed cats with papers proving their lineage.
They adopted a pedigreed retriever from a breeder known for healthy, well-tempered dogs.
A note on using this word
Pedigreed is most often applied to animals with documented ancestry, rather than to people, where pedigree is used instead.
Words with a similar meaning
purebred
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Words with an opposite meaning
mixed-breed
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