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liege - What does it mean?

Definition of 'liege'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign.
  • The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance.
  • a liege lord
  • * Tennyson
  • She looked as grand as doomsday and as grave; / And he, he reverenced his liege lady there.
  • 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.
  • a liege''' man; a '''liege subject
  • (obsolete|legal) Full; perfect; complete; pure.
  • (Burrill)