Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which plights, engages, or pledges.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, plights.
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- noun One who or that which
plights ,engages , orpledges .
Etymologies
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From plight + -er.
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Examples
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The reader should refer to that fine scene, where Antony surprises Thyreus kissing her hand, "that kingly seal and plighter of high hearts," and rages like a thousand hurricanes.
Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical 1827
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