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ˈhigh-bred, a.
1. Of high breed, stock, or descent; high-born.
1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 50 The soul is too high bred to give us any rational accounts of the awarings of sense. 1760R. Heber Horse Matches ix. 146 The high bred chesnut horse. 1820Scott Abbot xxiv, The high-bred descendant of an ancient baron.
2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of high breeding or bringing-up; characterized by highly refined manners.
1796Seward Anecd. II. 306 (Jod.) Prior was a very high-bred man, and made himself peculiarly agreeable to Louis XIV. by this talent. 1816Remarks Eng. Mann. 103 A model of suavity and high-bred manners. 1875Lowell Wks. (1890) IV. 309 He caught the grand manner and high-bred ways of the society he frequented. |