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  • adjective Of pure blood; belonging to only one race.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal

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pure +‎ blooded

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Examples

  • He had bedded the pureblooded daughters the kings of Stygia, Shem, and Koth, more Amazonian snow-skinned beauties from the northern lands than he could recall, and still he could not quash his lust for this most vile woman, viler than the lepers who begged at palace gates.

    Archive 2009-12-01 Reis O'Brien 2009

  • He had bedded the pureblooded daughters the kings of Stygia, Shem, and Koth, more Amazonian snow-skinned beauties from the northern lands than he could recall, and still he could not quash his lust for this most vile woman, viler than the lepers who begged at palace gates.

    Conan Fan Fiction! Cromsblood 2009

  • No Death Eater must ever mention that the Dark Lord himself is not pureblooded.

    sierrazen Diary Entry sierrazen 2006

  • It would be inconceivable to her that she, a pureblooded Taiwanese, daughter of an aristocrat, could have lost her place to an American.

    DIAMOND DUST by David Walton | Fiction | Futurismic 2005

  • Only a minority of the pureblooded men have this type of physique ... the King and the battle champions.

    The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981

  • Perspective or of Fifth Avenue; they are no longer pureblooded

    The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

  • Here was a pureblooded American by all the accepted canons.

    Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty Allen Johnson 1900

  • Perspective or of Fifth Avenue; they are no longer pureblooded

    Prince Zilah — Complete Jules Claretie 1876

  • I turned to my companion, M. M.rtini, a pureblooded Southerner.

    Original Short Stories — Volume 01 Guy de Maupassant 1871

  • I turned to my companion, M. M.rtini, a pureblooded Southerner.

    Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant Guy de Maupassant 1871

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