Definition of liege Liege
/liˈʤ/ - [leej] - Li•ege
We found 21 definitions of liege from 7 different sources.
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What does liege mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: lieges |
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| liege - city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium | ||
| Luik | ||
| liege - a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service | ||
| liege lord | ||
| feudal lord, seigneur, seignior a man of rank in the ancient regime | ||
| liege - a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord | ||
| vassal, liegeman, liege subject, feudatory | ||
| follower a person who accepts the leadership of another | ||
Adjectiveliege, lieger, liegest |
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| liege - owing or owed feudal allegiance and service; "one's liege lord"; "a liege subject" | ||
| loyal steadfast in allegiance or duty; "loyal subjects"; "loyal friends stood by him" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- liege (Noun)
A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount ; a sovereign. - liege (Noun)
The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman. - liege (Adjective)
Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord. - liege (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. - liege (Adjective)
Full; perfect; complete; pure.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- liege (a.)
Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord. - liege (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. - liege (a.)
Full; perfect; complete; pure. - liege (n.)
A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign. - liege (n.)
The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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liege
A person who held land from a feudal lord and received protection in return for homage and allegiance. -
liege
A major city and municipality of Belgium located in the province of Liège. -
liege
A province of Belgium.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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liege
lēj, adj. free, except as within the relations of vassal and feudal lord: under a feudal tenure.—n. one under a feudal tenure: a vassal: a lord or superior, or one who has lieges.—n. Liege′dom, allegiance.—adj. Liege′less, not subject to a superior.—n. Liege′man, a vassal: a subject. [O. Fr. lige, prob. from Old High Ger. ledic, free (Ger. ledig, free, unfettered), līdan, to depart.]
Wikipedia 
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Liège (walloon: "Lîdje", Dutch: "Luik", german: "Lüttich") is a city in Belgium. It is the cultural centre of the Walloon region of Belgium and the capital of the province of Liège. Liège is also seat of a Roman Catholic bishop. In 2007 its population was 188,907.
It is located at 50° 38 North, 05° 34 East.
The first written trace of the city was found in 558 as „Leodicum“ or „Vicus Leodicus“. From 717, Liege was made the seat of a bishopric and became a cultural centre in the Middle Ages. These bishops ruled the city as Prince-Bishops until the 1790s. In the French Revolution, the cathedral was damaged, partially burned down and then completely detroyed. In the 19th century, the city lived on coal-mining, steel industry and trade. The region was the second biggest economic center in Europe after the UK in the 19th century.
Today Liege is a major educational hub, with a university and many high schools. It is a crossing point in Europe, Liège has the second biggest inner harbour and the 8th biggest cargo airport in Europe (Liège Airport). The city, that had a lot of problems since the 1970s because of the end of the steel industry and coal-mining, is now having a good economy thanks to the logistics and high tech industry (biotechnology, space industry, IT). -
province
Liège is the easternmost province of the Walloon Region, in Belgium. Most of its inhabitants speak French and a minority of them speaks German. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and in Belgium the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur, Walloon Brabant (Wallonia), and those of Flemish Brabant and Limburg (Flanders). Its capital is Liège. It has an area of 3,844 km² which is divided into four administrative districts ("arrondissements" in French) containing 84 municipalities.
Municipalities.
Municipalities that have city status have a "(city)" behind their name.
19. Clavier
29. Ferrières
37. Héron
44. Liège "(city)"
61. Remicourt
63. Saint-Nicolas
64. Sankt Vith "(city)"
67. Spa "(city)"
Part of speech
🔤- liege, noun, singular of lieges.
- liege, adjective.
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