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True-bred   Listen
adjective
True-bred  adj.  
1.
Of a genuine or right breed; as, a true-bred beast.
2.
Being of real breeding or education; as, a true-bred gentleman.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"True-bred" Quotes from Famous Books



... matrimony to make to me that was beyond all that he had heard had offered themselves, and this was a merchant. Sir Robert and I agreed exactly in our notions of a merchant. Sir Robert said, and I found it to be true, that a true-bred merchant is the best gentleman in the nation; that in knowledge, in manners, in judgment of things, the merchant outdid many of the nobility; that having once mastered the world, and being above the demand of business, though no real estate, they were then superior to most gentlemen, even in estate; ...
— The Fortunate Mistress (Parts 1 and 2) • Daniel Defoe



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