Liege - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |liːdʒ|  American pronunciation of the word liege
Brit.  |liːdʒ|  British pronunciation of the word liege

noun

- a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord (syn: feudatory, liegeman, vassal)
- a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service
- city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium

adjective

- owing or owed feudal allegiance and service
one's liege lord
a liege subject

Extra examples

...a highly influential anthropologist whose liege men can now be found be a score of major universities...

Word forms

noun
singular: liege
plural: lieges
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