British Dictionary definitions for fully-fledged

fully fledged

full-fledged

adjective

(of a young bird) having acquired its adult feathers and thus able to fly
developed or matured to the fullest degree
of full rank or status

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Examples from the Web for fully-fledged

Historical Examples

Girls like me have beak and talons like fully-fledged falcons.
The Days of Chivalry
Ernest Louis Victor Jules L'Epine
In that age, therefore, we must not expect to find any fully-fledged Socialism.
Mediaeval Socialism
Bede Jarrett
If you were fully-fledged scouts of record, you surely would be awarded a badge.
Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp
Lillian Elizabeth Roy
He had graduated with honors, and taken a prize essay, and was now a fully-fledged modern young man.
Hope Mills
Amanda M. Douglas
On his left breast he wore the double brevet of a fully-fledged pilot.
Dastral of the Flying Corps
Rowland Walker

fully fledged

full-fledged

Examples from the Web for fully-fledged

Historical Examples

Girls like me have beak and talons like fully-fledged falcons.

In that age, therefore, we must not expect to find any fully-fledged Socialism.

If you were fully-fledged scouts of record, you surely would be awarded a badge.

He had graduated with honors, and taken a prize essay, and was now a fully-fledged modern young man.

On his left breast he wore the double brevet of a fully-fledged pilot.