HOW TO PRONOUNCE
liege
/liːd͡ʒ/
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What does liege mean?
noun
- A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign.
- A king or lord.
- The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.
More meanings (4)
adjective
- Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance.
- 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.
- (obsolete) Full; perfect; complete; pure.
proper noun
- Alternative form of Liège, a city in Belgium.
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IPA pronunciation
/liːd͡ʒ/
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My liege, here is the strangest controversy, Come from the country to be judg’d by you, That e’er I heard.
To the liege subjects of Labour, the England of those days was a continent, and a mile a geographical degree.
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The skeleton of a man between forty and fifty years of age was found in a Frank cemetery at Limet, near Liege.
“Your capital, my liege,” grinned old Sapt, with a wave of his hand, and, leaning forward, he laid his finger on my pulse.
“Come, my liege! in a moment they will strike a light, and then will follow that which it would break your heart to hear.”