Liege

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A lord or sovereign to whom allegiance and service are due according to feudal law.
  • n. A vassal or subject owing allegiance and services to a lord or sovereign under feudal law.
  • n. A loyal subject to a monarch.
  • adj. Entitled to the loyalty and services of vassals or subjects: a liege lord.
  • adj. Bound to give such allegiance and services to a lord or monarch.
  • adj. Loyal; faithful.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign.
  • n. The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.
  • adj. Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord.
  • adj. 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.
  • adj. Full; perfect; complete; pure.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance.
  • adj. 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
  • adj. Full; perfect; complete; pure.
  • n. A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign.
  • n. The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • n. A liegeman; a subject; a vassal; hence, a law-abiding citizen; a peaceably disposed person: as, to disturb the lieges.
  • n. A liege lord; one to whom another is bound in fealty or vassalage; a sovereign lord or feudal superior; a lord paramount.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium
  • adj. owing or owed feudal allegiance and service
  • n. a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service
  • n. a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
  • Equivalent
    loyal   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    metropolis    urban center    city    seignior    seigneur    feudal lord    follower   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sovereign    independent    faithful    loyal    full    perfect    complete    pure    liegeman    bound   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    besiege    lege    seige    siege   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Lille    plana    suzerain    war-hero    aquitanian    highness    vassal    facultie    gouernor    kinsman