pledge
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- noun
- /plɛdʒ/
- Jargon
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miembro en periodo de prueba
- I'm Victoria, and this is our newest pledge, Angie.
And shout out to all the KKGS, Lindsay, Apple, Ashley, the whole pledge class, all of them.
- And shout out to all the KKGS, Lindsay, Apple, Ashley, the whole pledge class, all of them.
Examples
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At the initiation ceremony, we welcomed our new pledge, who had worked hard to meet all the requirements.
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Gentlemen, I give you your pledge board.
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Are you a new pledge, or...?
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Now, see that pledge over there, the one in the baseball hat?
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- Membership requires both a pledge and an initiation.
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- So this is why we have fewer pledges every year?
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And shout out to all the KKGS, Lindsay, Apple, Ashley, the whole pledge class, all of them.
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As they head toward the door, Elle spots Amy, a shy girl in a Delta Gamma Pledge sweatshirt.
Fiction book (2001) -
"Okay," the upperclassman-in-charge announced casually, and the St. Anthony's Hall pledges wandered over in our direction.
Fiction book (1991) -
During rush week, the fraternity evaluated all the pledges to see who would be invited to join officially.
Antonyms
Compounds
A person who answers calls and records donations people promise to give during a fundraiser
How Involved
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word pledge comes from an old French word plege meaning 'promise' or 'security', and it was used for someone who was under that promise. So a pledge in a club is a person who has been accepted but is still under a promise before full membership.