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Definition of liege noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

liege

noun

/liːdʒ/

/liːdʒ/

(also liege lord)

(old use)

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a king or lord
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French lige, liege from medieval Latin laeticus, probably of Germanic origin.

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