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plighter

/ˈplaɪtə(ɹ)/

plighter noun: one who or that which plights, engages, or pledges.

Noun

plighter (plural plighters)

  1. One who or that which plights, engages, or pledges.
    • My playfellow, your hand; this kingly seal
      And plighter of high hearts!c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
    • 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.1963, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 16, in Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, New York: Perennial Library, published 1983, page 124

Forms of plighter

pluralplighters

Origin of plighter

From plight + -er.

Words that rhyme with plighter

3 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about plighter

What does plighter mean?
Plighter means one who or that which plights, engages, or pledges.
What part of speech is plighter?
Plighter is a noun.
How do you pronounce plighter?
Plighter is pronounced /ˈplaɪtə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of plighter?
The plural of plighter is plighters.

Words near plighter in the dictionary

  1. pliest
  2. plieth
  3. plig
  4. plight
  5. plighted
  6. plighter
  7. plighters
  8. plightful
  9. plighting
  10. plightings
  11. plightless

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