Русско-англо-русский юридический словарь

pledgor – someone who makes a pledge or someone who deposits something as a pledge. The pledgor gives the pledgee (the lender) some rights but does not part with all rights of ownership. (translegal.com)

pledgee – someone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom something is deposited as a pledge. The pledgee was immunised against the freight claim because of his failure to acquire full title to the goods. (translegal.com)

The Pledgor hereby pledges to the Pledgee, and grants to the Pledgee a continuing security interest in, the following (collectively, the “Pledged Collateral”): (Law Insider)

There were some exceptions to this rule; for instance, when a subsequent pledgee had lent his money to save the pledged thing from destruction, he had a preference over a prior pledgee (Dig. 20 tit. 4 s5, 6). (Article by George Long, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College)