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liege
/liːd͡ʒ/
noun 3adj 3name 1
Collocations
3VERB + LIEGE
reverenced
LIEGE + NOUN
lady, lord, lowlands, man
PREP.
in, in, than
Definitions
noun
1
A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign.
2
A king or lord.
More health and happiness betide my liege / Than can my care-tuned tongue deliver him!
Kings, my liege, may take a lesson from him
3
The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.
adj
1
Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance.
a liege lord
She look'd as grand as doomsday and as grave: / And he, he reverenced his liege lady there;
2
Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, such as a vassal to his lord; faithful.
a liege man; a liege subject
3
Full; perfect; complete; pure.
it was a release by Katherine de Ros in her liege widowhood to Sir Thomas de Stirkeland
name
1
Alternative form of Liège, a city in Belgium.
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Idioms & Phrases
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More health and happiness betide my liege / Than can my care-tuned tongue deliver him!
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Kings, my liege, may take a lesson from him
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a liege lord
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She look'd as grand as doomsday and as grave: / And he, he reverenced his liege lady there;
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a liege man; a liege subject
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My liege is a man of many talents.
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