Full-blooded

Quick meaning: Full-blooded is an adjective meaning Of purebred ancestry.

Meaning

Of purebred ancestry.

More Meanings

1. Having a florid or ruddy complexion.
2. Hearty or lusty.

Example Sentences

And when it was quickly returned to Jarvis, with United failing to mark properly, his clean cross was met with a full-blooded header by former Colchester defender Elokobi, who had to stretch his neck back to add power.

Blood quantum rules — which began as a colonizer practice designed to limit tribal citizenship but were later adopted by some Native peoples as a means of preserving cultural identity — require the tribe’s members to be at least one-eighth S’Klallam and to have at least one full-blooded S’Klallam ancestor.

Word Forms

• fullblooded

Synonyms for full-blooded

Depending on context, synonyms include pedigree, pedigreed, purebred, thoroughbred, hearty, lusty.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include purebred, hearty, healthy, lusty, red-blooded, blooded.

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