full-fledged Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite (of a bird) having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly
fully fledged.
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adjective satellite (of persons, e.g.) having gained full status
fully fledged.
- a full-fledged lawyer
- by the age of seventeen I was a full-fledged atheist
- sees itself as a fully fledged rival party