pedigreed

[ ped-i-greed ]

adjective

Origin of pedigreed

First recorded in 1810–20; pedigree + -ed³

Defensive-pedigreed coaches whose defenses actually did well, but churned through QBs and couldn’t get the offense on track.
The NFL Regular Season Ended As It Started: In Absolute Chaos | Sara Ziegler (sara.ziegler@fivethirtyeight.com) | January 10, 2022 | FiveThirtyEight
In an academic world devoted to acknowledging complexity, such dishonest Soviet-pedigreed sloganeering should be repudiated.
Remaking Martin Luther King As Anti-Zionist | Gil Troy | January 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Awful accusations–especially those concerning pedigreed children of beloved Hollywood icons–spread like viral wildfire.
Trouble for Henry Hopper | Chris Lee | August 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Schuyler Evans, a pedigreed bachelor from London, says he can spot a Harry hunter a mile away.
Invasion of the Harry Hunters | McKay Coppins | March 21, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
But perhaps the most common pursuit for stars with pedigreed names is a jewelry or cosmetics line.
The Economy of the Aging Sex Kitten | Nicole LaPorte | November 15, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST

They often irritate the self-anointed because their pasts are not pedigreed.
The Tea Party Is Smarter Than You Think | Mark McKinnon | September 17, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
You oughtnt to want to get pedigreed geese that belonged to a farmerespecially a farmer with that kind of a disposition.
Winona of the Camp Fire | Margaret Widdemer
Nobodys going to jump out of the river and tell us that these are his pedigreed perch.
Winona of the Camp Fire | Margaret Widdemer
First there were those pedigreed geese up on the river, and now Henry.
Winona of the Camp Fire | Margaret Widdemer
Brindle is so pedigreed I don't believe he would thank you for the bar sinister you put on him.
Back at School with the Tucker Twins | Nell Speed
The manner of judging pedigreed field dogs has been reduced to an almost exact science.
Hunting Dogs | Oliver Hartley

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