thoroughbred
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nounDefinition of THOROUGHBRED
1
: a purebred or pedigreed animal
2
: a thoroughly educated or skilled person
3
capitalized : any of an English breed of light speedy horses kept chiefly for racing that originated from crosses between English mares of uncertain ancestry and Arabian stallions
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1820
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