'full-fledged' definitions:
Definition of 'full-fledged'
(from WordNet)
adjective
(of a bird) having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly [syn: full-fledged, fully fledged]
adjective
(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" [syn: full-fledged, fully fledged]
Definition of 'full-fledged'
From: GCIDE
- full-fledged \full-fledged\ adj.
- 1. having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly; -- of a bird. fledgling
- Syn: fully fledged. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. having gained full status; -- of persons in respect to human roles; as, a full-fledged lawyer; by the age of seventeen I was a full-fledged atheist.
- Syn: fully fledged. [WordNet 1.5]