meaning of liege
1. Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord.
2. 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.
3. Full; perfect; complete; pure.
4. A free and independent person; specif. , a lord paramount; a sovereign.
5. The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.
6. city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium
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liege | liege subject | liegeman | liegemen | lieger |