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PLEDGER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pledger mean?
• PLEDGER (noun)
The noun PLEDGER has 1 sense:
1. someone who makes or gives a pledge
Familiarity information: PLEDGER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who makes or gives a pledge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("pledger" is a kind of...):
adult; grownup (a fully developed person from maturity onward)
Derivation:
pledge (promise solemnly and formally)
pledge (pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals)
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