thoroughbred

== English == === Etymology === From thorough +‎ bred. === Adjective === thoroughbred (comparative more thoroughbred, superlative most thoroughbred) Bred from pure stock. Well-bred and properly educated. ==== Related terms ==== thoroughbreed ==== Translations ==== === Noun === thoroughbred (plural thoroughbreds) Alternative letter-case form of Thoroughbred (“horse bred for racing”). (loosely) Any purebred horse. A person of uncommon strength or endurance (like that of a thoroughbred horse). A well-bred person. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === thoroughbred on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “thoroughbred”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “thoroughbred”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.