thoroughbred

thoroughbred
    adj 1: having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred
           animal [syn: {pedigree(a)}, {pedigreed}, {pureblood},
           {pureblooded}, {thoroughbred}]
    n 1: a well-bred person
    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: {thoroughbred}, {purebred}, {pureblood}]
    

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]
    

71 Moby Thesaurus words for "thoroughbred":
      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