liege

Word family

liege /liːdʒ/ noun [countableC]

1. (also liege lord)HIGH POSITION OR RANK a lord who was served and obeyed in the Middle Ages 〔中世纪的〕君主，王侯

2. (also liegeman)OBEY someone who had to serve and obey a lord in the Middle Ages 〔中世纪的〕臣民

Examples from the Corpus

liege• The distinction between liege and simple homage had begun to be made in the course of the twelfth century.• Here again he failed to convince his liege.• Closely connected with fidelity was liege homage, which the kings were equally determined to extend.

Chinese

Corpus

BNC: 36378 COCA: 35809

liege

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