thoroughbred
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thoroughbred¹
Where it comes from
From thorough + bred.
adjective more thoroughbred · most thoroughbred
- Bred from pure stock.
- Well-bred and properly educated.
noun thoroughbreds
- Alternative letter-case form of Thoroughbred (“horse bred for racing”). A CNN analysis of disciplinary records found that the top earning trainers in the sport – whose thoroughbreds win them millions of dollars – have all broken rules meant to keep their horses safe. Trainers slapped with violations have continued racing, pocketing winnings while paying minimal fines. [
- Any purebred horse.
- A person of uncommon strength or endurance (like that of a thoroughbred horse). That athlete is a real thoroughbred.
- A well-bred person.
Thoroughbred²
noun Thoroughbreds · thoroughbred
- 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. He wanted to be at the white-hot center of equine sport, to become a jockey, to be able to feel the thrust and power of a Thoroughbred in its ultimate competition: racing flat out, surging to the head of the herd.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: purebred, pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded, pedigree, racehorse, hotness, racehorses, thoroughbreed, blood horse, anglo-arabian, bloodstock, bloodhorse, standardbred, stud, stud-book
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adj bred from pure stock
| Español | purasangre, de raza pura |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | サラブレッド sarabureddo |
| Português | puro sangue |
| Deutsch | vollblütig, reinrassig |
| Русский | чистокро́вный čistokróvnyj, чистопоро́дный čistoporódnyj |
| العربية | أَصِيل ʔaṣīl |
noun thoroughbred horse (breed)
| Español | purasangre, caballo de raza pura |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | サラブレッド sarabureddo |
| Português | puro-sangue inglês, puro sangue |
| Français | pur-sang |
| Deutsch | Englisches Vollblut, Vollblut |
| Italiano | purosangue inglese, purosangue |
Talk about this word "thoroughbred." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/thoroughbred. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. thoroughbred. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/thoroughbred "thoroughbred." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/thoroughbred.Cite this
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