Definition of "thoroughbreed"
thoroughbreed
noun
plural thoroughbreeds
A breed of unadulterated or pure lineage.
Quotations
SIR:—I have, at this moment, received from Dr. Eben Wight, the account of the stock of cattle known, in this vicinity, as the Jamestown. It is a cross between two thoroughbreeds — the Suffolk (no horned) on the part of the female, and the Jersey on the part of the male.
1868, Annual Report of the Secretary - Volume 15, Part 1867, page 159