What is the meaning of full-fledged?

adjective

  • Of a bird. ( having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly)
  • Of persons, e. G.. ( having gained full status)
    • usage: "a full-fledged lawyer"; "by the age of seventeen I was a full-fledged atheist"; "sees itself as a fully fledged rival party"
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