full-fledged

[ foo l-flejd ]

/ ˈfʊlˈflɛdʒd /

of full rank or standing: a full-fledged professor.

fully developed.

Origin of full-fledged

First recorded in 1880–85

While Kurdistan is not a full-fledged state and may never be fully independent, it is for now an important island of stability.

Here’s What the U.S. Has to Do to Deal With the Mad Middle East |Leslie H. Gelb |July 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But he seems to have a full-fledged wanger going left and another going right connected at the base.

This Man Claims to Have Two Penises, Science Confirms It’s Possible |Kent Sepkowitz |January 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The twins formed the Garden in 2011 as a "side project" that has now blossomed into a full-fledged career.

Meet Saint Laurent's New Muses, Wyatt and Fletcher Shears |Erin Cunningham |August 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
He went down in the street and a full-fledged, complex attack was initiated by the enemy.

Marine First Lieutenant Nathan Krissoff’s Last Letters Home From Iraq |Matt Pottinger |May 26, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Rather than emerging as a full-fledged personality, he did few national interviews and seemed muzzled by the Romney team.

Why Paul Ryan’s Star Dimmed |Howard Kurtz |March 21, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Archie was there again, promoted to the condition of a full-fledged hunter by the possession of a gun.

The Buffalo Runners |R.M. Ballantyne
The thing is full-fledged when it is hatched upon the world.

Mysterious Mr. Sabin |E. Phillips Oppenheim
He was beginning to feel now that he had really won his spurs, and that he was a full-fledged journalist.

The Adventures of a Boy Reporter |Harry Steele Morrison
I was a full-fledged merchant and able to hold my own with any of them.

An American Hobo in Europe |Ben Goodkind
Certainly to the average missionary such work as the turning out of full-fledged doctors ought to be debarred.

Notable Women Of Modern China |Margaret E. Burton

full-fledged

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