plighter

English

Etymology

From plight +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈplaɪtə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -aɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

plighter (plural plighters)

  1. One who or that which plights, engages, or pledges.
    • c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene xiii]:
      My playfellow, your hand; this kingly seal
      And plighter of high hearts!
    • 1963, P. G. Wodehouse, Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, New York: Perennial Library, 1983, Chapter 16, p. 124,
      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.
    • 1978, James Coltrane, Talon, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, Chapter 11, p. 48,
      He hung up. And felt stupid. The most beautiful woman in the whole world had practically plighted her troth to him. And she didn’t seem like your run-of-the-mill plighter.

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