as in pure-blood
of unmixed ancestry
her ancestry is full-blood Irish
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as in thoroughbred
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Recent Examples of full-blood
Jennifer Frederick, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
He was raised with his only full-blood brother, Lloyd.
Quincy Sr. divorced Sarah shortly after she was institutionalized and remarried a woman named Elvera, who had three children.
—Jennifer Frederick, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for full-blood
thoroughbred
Adjective
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Rapace’s kit — with that long thoroughbred stride somehow made greater by the black grosgrain stripes, the velocity of it all filling that billow in the cape — cut a blistering path down the Bugonia carpet.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Fasig-Tipton Digital will handle the major reduction of Harris Farms, the thoroughbred operation of the late California breeder and owner John C. Harris, from Aug. 14-19.—
Bill Center,
Mercury News,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Full-blood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/full-blood. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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