Definition of highbred in US English:
highbred
adjectiveˈhaɪˌbrɛdˈhīˌbredˈhaɪˌbrɛd
1Bred from superior stock.
Example sentencesExamples
- The story is told in the first person as an autobiographical memoir told by a highbred horse named Black Beauty.
2Having or showing good breeding or manners; well-bred.
Example sentencesExamples
- He caught the grand manner and high-bred ways of the society he frequented.
- Lord Peter, that foppish, high-bred but utterly moral aristocrat, is in the background for much of this book.
Definition of highbred in US English:
highbred
adjectiveˈhaɪˌbrɛdˈhīˌbred
1Bred from superior stock.
Example sentencesExamples
- The story is told in the first person as an autobiographical memoir told by a highbred horse named Black Beauty.
2Having or showing good breeding or manners; well-bred.
Example sentencesExamples
- He caught the grand manner and high-bred ways of the society he frequented.
- Lord Peter, that foppish, high-bred but utterly moral aristocrat, is in the background for much of this book.