"plighter" meaning in English

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          "ref": "c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene xiii]:",
          "text": "My playfellow, your hand; this kingly seal\nAnd plighter of high hearts!",
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          "ref": "1963, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 16, in Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, New York: Perennial Library, published 1983, page 124:",
          "text": "I mean to say, remorse has frequently been known to set in after a dust-up between a couple of troth-plighters, with all that Sorry-I-was-cross and Can-you-ever-forgive-me stuff, and love, after being down in the cellar for a time with no takers, perks up and carries on again as good as new.",
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        {
          "ref": "1978, James Coltrane, chapter 11, in Talon, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, page 48:",
          "text": "He hung up. And felt stupid. The most beautiful woman in the whole world had practically plighted her troth to him. And she didn’t seem like your run-of-the-mill plighter.",
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        "One who or that which plights, engages, or pledges."
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          "text": "My playfellow, your hand; this kingly seal\nAnd plighter of high hearts!",
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          "ref": "1963, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 16, in Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, New York: Perennial Library, published 1983, page 124:",
          "text": "I mean to say, remorse has frequently been known to set in after a dust-up between a couple of troth-plighters, with all that Sorry-I-was-cross and Can-you-ever-forgive-me stuff, and love, after being down in the cellar for a time with no takers, perks up and carries on again as good as new.",
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