单词 | plighter |
释义 | plightern. rare (now archaic and poetic). A person who makes a pledge or promise (figurative in quot. a1616). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > one who promises or vows swearerc1380 beheterc1384 behighterc1475 promiserc1475 vower1546 votary1548 avower?1555 bearer1579 obligee1590 jurora1593 vow-fellow1598 vow-maker1598 stipulator1611 votist1613 plightera1616 voter1621 obligatora1625 obliger1633 promissor1644 promisor1665 sponsor1677 pledger1768 sanctioner1846 pledgee1924 oath-keepera1973 a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. xiii. 127 My play-fellow, your hand; this Kingly Seale, And plighter of high hearts. View more context for this quotation a1910 W. V. Moody Poems & Plays (1912) iii. ii. 357 Thieves Of pleasure, plighters of unholy troth. 1991 M. Henry Panto Sphinx 52 I was her ‘plighter of troth’ rolled with a Parisian ‘r’ until I was in ecstasy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1616 |
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