WELL-BRED


Meaning of WELL-BRED in English

ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective

1.

a. : belonging to a good family and properly brought up : having good breeding

a gentleman well-bred and of good name — Shakespeare

b. : displaying good breeding : refined in manners : courteous in speech and behavior : cultivated , refined

a young man too well-bred to admit how bored he was — Mary Austin

a happy and well-bred community — T.C.Roughley

2. : of good breed : having a good pedigree

well-bred swine

well-bred horses

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.