Definition of "liege"
- 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; as, a liege lord.
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.
Full; perfect; complete; pure.
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