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Definition of Full-fledged
1. Adjective. (of a bird) having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly.
2. Adjective. (of persons, e.g.) having gained full status. "Sees itself as a fully fledged rival party"
Definition of Full-fledged
1. Adjective. (context: of a bird) Having all its feathers; able to fly. ¹
2. Adjective. (idiomatic) Having full qualification, credentials or preparation; entire; real. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Full-fledged
Literary usage of Full-fledged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Progress of a Race, Or, The Remarkable Advancement of the American Negro by Henry F. Kletzing, William Henry Crogman (1898)
"Full-Fledged Men.—But, if this country is to be our home, the Negro must be a
self-controlling, ... In other words, we must be full-fledged men. ..."
2. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Modern Prose and Poetry; Famous Characters by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"... now she is full fledged and a fair representative of the Parisian courtesan
of the Second Empire. The volume opens with an account of her appearance on ..."
3. Ten Years in Washington: Life and Scenes in the National Capital, as a Woman by Mary Clemmer (1874)
"... if—What Won't Work a Reformation—A Pity for Miss Nellie Grant—How She Suddenly "
Came Out "—" A Full Fledged Woman of Fashion"— A " Shoal of Pretty ..."
4. Abraham Lincoln and the Downfall of American Slavery by Noah Brooks (1894)
"... the State Capital to Springfield— Compliments to the Sangamon Chief—Lincoln
a Full-Fledged Lawyer —Riding the Illinois Circuit—Distinguished Associates ..."
5. Abraham Lincoln: The Nation's Leader in the Great Struggle Through which was by Noah Brooks (1888)
"... to the Sangamon Chief—Lincoln a Full-Fledged Lawyer—Riding the Illinois
Circuit—Distinguished Associates at the Bar—Lincoln as a Harrison Man. ..."
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