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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

full-fledged

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01 adj. having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly; -- of a bird.
  1. 1.
    having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly; -- of a bird.
  2. 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.