Definitions for pedigree

pedigree ped·i·gree

Spelling: [ped-i-gree]
IPA: /ˈpɛd ɪˌgri/

Pedigree is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 147 anagrams from letters in pedigree (deeegipr).

Definitions for pedigree

noun

  1. an ancestral line; line of descent; lineage; ancestry.
  2. a genealogical table, chart, list, or record, especially of a purebred animal.
  3. distinguished, excellent, or pure ancestry.
  4. derivation, origin, or history:

Origin of pedigree

1375-1425; late Middle English pedegru Anglo-French, equivalent to Middle French pie de grue literally, foot of crane, a fanciful way of describing the appearance of the lines of a genealogic

Examples for pedigree

I remember such a one in Picardy, with a name as long as a Gascon's pedigree.

In his early career, Xi also had worked for a former defense minister, and his pedigree gives him close ties to the brass.

Name: David Siegel Age: 78 pedigree: Founder of Westgate, a large time-share business.

Otherwise why the pedigree, why the rigid castes, the isolation of women?

His pedigree is top-notch, but his political experience still green.

He had too profound a respect for his own pedigree to lay his sins at his great-grandfather's door.

They boast of their master's pedigree and descent, as if they were related to him.

Unlike hoity-toity displays of pedigree fluff, the Average Joe Cat Show is a celebration of middling felines.

The last play with this pedigree was Matilda, still going strong a year and a half later.

On his father's side a pedigree of three generations can be traced.

Word Value for pedigree
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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