Meaning

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

noun a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service

noun city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium

originFrom Middle English liege, lege, lige, from Anglo-Norman lige, from Old French liege (“liege, free”), from Middle High German ledic, ledec (“free, empty, vacant”) (Modern German ledig (“unmarried”)) from Proto-Germanic *liþugaz (“flexible, free, unoccupied”). Akin to Old Frisian leþeg, leþoch (“free”), Old English liþiġ (“flexible”), Old Norse liðugr (“free, unhindered”), Old Saxon lethig…

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