What does full-blooded mean?
Full-blooded means Of purebred ancestry..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Of purebred ancestry..
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.
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.
Use full-blooded when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Full-blooded means Of purebred ancestry..
Common synonyms include pedigree, pedigreed, purebred, pure-breed.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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