Bible Dictionaries
Liege

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign.

(2):

(n.) The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.

(3):

(a.) Full; perfect; complete; pure.

(4):

(a.) Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord.

(5):

(a.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Liege'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/liege.html. 1828.