Liege

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1. Adjective

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

2. Adjective

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.

3. Adjective

Full; perfect; complete; pure.

4. Noun

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

5. Noun

The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.

6. Noun

a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
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