PEDIGREE

pedigree. Pedigree, n. a genealogy, lineage, descent, race

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Ped″i‐gree (pĕd″ĭ‐grē), n. [[Of unknown origin; possibly fr. F. par degrés by degrees, — for a pedigree is properly a genealogical table which records the relationship of families by degrees; or, perh., fr. F. pied de grue crane's foot, from the shape of the heraldic genealogical trees.]] 1. 1. A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors.
Alterations of surnames . . . have obscured the truth of our pedigrees. Camden. His vanity labored to contrive us a pedigree. Milton. I am no herald to inquire of men's pedigrees. Sir P. Sidney. The Jews preserved the pedigrees of their tribes. Atterbury. 2. 2. (Stock Breeding) A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse.