1. A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign. Mrs. Browning. The anointed sovereign of sighs and groans, Liege of all loiterers and malcontents. Shak.
2. The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman. A liege lord seems to have been a lord of a free band; and his lieges, though serving under him, were privileged men, free from all other obligations, their name being due to their freedom, not to their service. Skeat.
LIEGEMAN
Liege"man, n.; pl. Liegemen (.
Defn: Same as Liege, n., 2. Chaucer. Spenser.
LIEGER
Lie"ger, n. Etym: [See Leger, Ledger.]
Defn: A resident ambassador. [Obs.] See Leger. Denham.
LIEGIANCY
Lie"gian*cy, n.
Defn: See Ligeance.
LIEN
Li"en, obs. p. p.
Defn: of Lie. See lain. Ps. lxviii. 13.