Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A lord or sovereign to whom allegiance and service are due according to feudal law.
- noun A vassal or subject owing allegiance and services to a lord or sovereign under feudal law.
- noun A loyal subject to a monarch.
- adjective Entitled to the loyalty and services of vassals or subjects.
- adjective Bound to give such allegiance and services to a lord or monarch.
- adjective Loyal; faithful.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Free; specifically, free from obligation to service except as within the relations of lord and vassal: as, a liege lord, a liege man (correlative terms implying protection on the one side and service on the other, as against all other claims).
- Of or pertaining to the tie reciprocally connecting vassal and chief: as, liege vassalage.
- noun A liegeman; a subject; a vassal; hence, a law-abiding citizen; a peaceably disposed person: as, to disturb the lieges.
- noun A liege lord; one to whom another is bound in fealty or vassalage; a sovereign lord or feudal superior; a lord paramount.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign.
- noun The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.
- adjective Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance.
- adjective serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal
- adjective (Old Law) Full; perfect; complete; pure.
- adjective (Feudal Custom) that homage of one sovereign or prince to another which acknowledged an obligation of fealty and services.
- adjective (Scots Law) perfect, i. e., legal, power; specif., having health requisite to do legal acts.
- adjective [Obs.] perfect, i. e., pure, widowhood.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a
sovereign . - noun The
subject of a sovereign or lord; aliegeman . - adjective Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord.
- adjective Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a liege man; a liege subject.
- adjective Full; perfect; complete; pure.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium
- adjective owing or owed feudal allegiance and service
- noun a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service
- noun a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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My liege is the only man within these borders who has only one wife.
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Midtown Lunch has learned that Augustin’s Waffles, a New Jersey company that specializes in liege waffles from Belgium, will be starting up their own Waffle Truck in the next 4 to 5 weeks.
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Mr. Nelson and his liege are the false prophets of sound, measured judgment.
Nelson prolife amendment tabled: Nelson (D, NE) caving to follow. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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These fellows, who are ready to undertake any service, however criminal, for which they are paid, certainly do not deserve to be called liege subjects.
In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain Charles Mills Sheldon 1867
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"They said they were something called liege men of what I gather is a sort of warlord named Bjorn.
Acorna's Search McCaffrey, Anne 2001
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"They said they were something called liege men of what I gather is a sort of warlord named Bjorn.
Acorna's Search McCaffrey, Anne 2001
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When she is forcibly enchanted by a man she is tailing for her faerie liege lord, she not only loses fourteen years of her life to being a fish, she loses everything she worked for in the human world, including her family.
Rosemary and Rue: A Knight in Shining…Satin? « A Working Title 2009
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My dreaded liege your are so awful … … on September 5, 2009 at 4: 31 pm Bonzo
What Really Matters At The Top « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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“My liege, a moment,” one of the guards hastened to say.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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When she is forcibly enchanted by a man she is tailing for her faerie liege lord, she not only loses fourteen years of her life to being a fish, she loses everything she worked for in the human world, including her family.
Rosemary and Rue: A Knight in Shining…Satin? « A Working Title 2009
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