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Liege has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord

2

a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service

3

city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium

4

A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign.

Adjective
1

owing or owed feudal allegiance and service

"one's liege lord"

"a liege subject"

2

Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance.

See Also
tenure liegeman feudal serjeanty lord paramount free independent sovereign
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
follower feudal lord
Rhyming Words
lege rege siege ziege gerege renege manege allege talwege solfege cortege protege aggrege college besiege assiege reallege thalwege urostege holdrege
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