Plighter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈplaɪtə(ɹ)/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Plighter is a noun meaning One who or that which plights, engages, or pledges.
Meaning
One who or that which plights, engages, or pledges.
Example Sentences
My playfellow, your hand; this kingly seal And plighter of high hearts!
He hung up. And felt stupid. The most beautiful woman in the whole world had practically plighted her troth to him. And she didn’t seem like your run-of-the-mill plighter.
I mean to say, remorse has frequently been known to set in after a dust-up between a couple of troth-plighters, with all that Sorry-I-was-cross and Can-you-ever-forgive-me stuff, and love, after being down in the cellar for a time with no takers, perks up and carries on again as good as new.
Word Forms
- plighters
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pleader, pleacher, pledger, promisor, counterpleader, promiser.
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