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Definition of Pledge taker
1. Noun. A volunteer who records (usually by telephone) contributions pledged in a fund drive.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pledge Taker
Literary usage of Pledge taker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Christ and modern thought by Joseph Cook (1881)
"That the pledge-taker refuses to make. Instead of that, he reforms the surface.
Instead of turning the stream into a new channel, he contents himself with ..."
2. Moderation Vs. Total Abstinence: Or, Dr. Crosby and His Reviewers by Howard Crosby (1881)
"That the pledge-taker refuses to make. Instead of that he reforms the surface.
Instead of turning the stream into a new channel, he contents himself with ..."
3. The Status of Women in India; Or, A Hand-book for Hindu Social Reformers by Dayaran Gidumal Shahani (1889)
"In the former case, the outside public can understand that the pledge-taker is
in earnest—that he has made a self-sacrifice—and that he means action. ..."
4. Prejudices: Fifth Series by Henry Louis Mencken (1919)
"The praying brother of yesterday is the night-hack roisterer of to-day; the
roisterer of to-day is the snuffling penitent and pledge-taker of to-morrow. ..."
5. The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine (1860)
"•well as of his seemly conduct, which did not, it appears, drive him into such
rash necessities as would have made the help of th* pledge-taker of ..."
6. Hibernica: Or, Some Antient Places Relating to Ireland by Walter Harris (1770)
"... doe followe fouche as have the Pledges, that the Pledge-taker to pay twenty
Pence a Daye to the faid ..."
7. The Student's Reference Work: A Cyclopaedia for Teachers, Students, and Families by Chandler Belden Beach, Graeme Mercer Adam (1901)
"Each pledge-taker was given a medal, which was looked upon with the greatest
reverence, and among the poor it was generally believed that the " Apostle of ..."
8. Christ and modern thought by Joseph Cook (1881)
"That the pledge-taker refuses to make. Instead of that, he reforms the surface.
Instead of turning the stream into a new channel, he contents himself with ..."
9. Moderation Vs. Total Abstinence: Or, Dr. Crosby and His Reviewers by Howard Crosby (1881)
"That the pledge-taker refuses to make. Instead of that he reforms the surface.
Instead of turning the stream into a new channel, he contents himself with ..."
10. The Status of Women in India; Or, A Hand-book for Hindu Social Reformers by Dayaran Gidumal Shahani (1889)
"In the former case, the outside public can understand that the pledge-taker is
in earnest—that he has made a self-sacrifice—and that he means action. ..."
11. Prejudices: Fifth Series by Henry Louis Mencken (1919)
"The praying brother of yesterday is the night-hack roisterer of to-day; the
roisterer of to-day is the snuffling penitent and pledge-taker of to-morrow. ..."
12. The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine (1860)
"•well as of his seemly conduct, which did not, it appears, drive him into such
rash necessities as would have made the help of th* pledge-taker of ..."
13. Hibernica: Or, Some Antient Places Relating to Ireland by Walter Harris (1770)
"... doe followe fouche as have the Pledges, that the Pledge-taker to pay twenty
Pence a Daye to the faid ..."
14. The Student's Reference Work: A Cyclopaedia for Teachers, Students, and Families by Chandler Belden Beach, Graeme Mercer Adam (1901)
"Each pledge-taker was given a medal, which was looked upon with the greatest
reverence, and among the poor it was generally believed that the " Apostle of ..."
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