Dictionary 1. (n.) A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; as, the dog has a good pedigree\; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors.2. (n.) A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse. Thesaurus Almanach de Gotha Red Book Royal Kalendar Social Register Stammbaum ancestry birth blood bloodline blue book derivation descent directory extraction family family tree full-blooded genealogical tree genealogy heritage line line of descent lineage origin parentage pedigreed roots stemma stock strain studbook thoroughbred tree |