highbred

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highbred

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From high + bred.

adjective more highbred · most highbred · high-bred

of bred animals Of high-quality stock. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell is the story of a highbred horse that leads a tough life in London pulling cabs.
of humans Showing good breeding and refined manners. So, taking up their stand on the flagging outside the entrance of the big store, the bare-headed Angel, in her worn gingham frock, highbred and beautiful as a little princess, despite it, struck up with as much effect as a bird's twitter might make.

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@misc{highbred_2026,
  title = {highbred},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/highbred},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}