of (high) kin or lineage.

Of noble or aristocratic lineage; high-born. Of birth, blood, family, etc.: aristocratic, noble, high-ranking. Also in extended use. Obsolete (archaic…

Of a person: from a highly regarded family; demonstrating good upbringing or education through courteous or refined speech and behaviour.

Of good lineage; (also occasionally of an animal) of good stock.

Only in well nutrimented: well-bred.

descended from people of high rank or social status; of noble lineage.

Of good lineage. Cf. well-descended, adj.

Of a person: from a family of high rank or status; high-born. Also: demonstrating good upbringing; well brought up. Cf. well-bred, adj. 1a.

= high-bred, adj.; (in later use also) (esp. of an animal or plant) inbred (inbred, adj. 3), esp. to the point of producing deleterious effects.

of or relating to noble descent; from a highly regarded family, from well-respected stock.

of (good, noble,etc.) family: having a distinguished lineage; of high social status. Now archaic or historical.

Of a variety or breed of domesticated animal or plant: having a pedigree; having an ancestry which is recorded over several generations. Cf. pedigreed…