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pledger|ˈplɛdʒə(r)|
Also (in legal use, opposed to pledgee) -eor, -or |plɛˈdʒɔː(r)|.
[f. pledge v. + -er1, -or. Cf. OF. plegeour (13th c. in Godefroy).]
1. One who deposits something as a pledge; a pawner.
1766[see pledgee 1]. 1875Poste Gaius ii. §64 This..may be said to rest on the assent of the pledgor..which empowered the pledgee to sell in default of payment. 1883Q. Rev. Jan. 120 Bulky articles may now be deposited if the pledgers will pay for their storage. 1906Daily Chron. 19 Feb. 4/3 There are..people in the poorer districts of London who make a living by pawning articles for other persons. Sometimes these ‘professional pledgers’ are women.
2. One who drinks in response to, or to the health of, another. Also fig. Cf. pledge v. 5.
1576Gascoigne Del. Diet for Drunkards (1789) 20 If the Pledger bee inwardlie sicke or have some infyrmitie, whereby too much drinke..doo empayre his health. 1617Rich Irish Hvbbvb 24 The cup being newly replenished..he that is the pledger must now begin his part, and thus it goes round throughout the whole company. 1663Dryden Wild Gallant iii. i, This fellow is onely the Sollicitor of a quarrel..and will leave the fighting part to the Curteous pledger.
3. One who pledges himself or takes a pledge.
1837H. Martineau Soc. Amer. III. 204 The bond of Temperance societies is a pledge or vow respecting the personal conduct of the pledger. |