Full-fledged Definition & Meaning

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

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