liegeman
Americannoun
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liegemen
plural
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a vassal; subject.
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a faithful follower.
noun
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(formerly) the subject of a sovereign or feudal lord; vassal
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a loyal follower
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of liegeman
Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at liege, man
Example Sentences
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Then, looking o'er his shoulder, King Gunther's liegeman eyed The crowd to find a comrade, whom in a trice he spied.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
Ne'er can I cease bewailing King Etzel's liegeman true.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
The rugged face of the liegeman was tremulous.
From The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe by W. L. (William Lawson) Grant
These were popularly believed to proceed from the Enemy of Mankind, or some one of his lieutenants engaged in spending the evening with his sworn liegeman, Caleb Coke.
From Nevermore by Rolf Bolderwood
Wataru Sampei was a samurai, of samurai stock, and liegeman to his own old masters of Kai province.
From Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 by James S. (James Seguin) De Benneville
By Mr. O'Hara's side sat his two lawyers and outside the door stood some 20 of Pawtucket's police, stout liegemen of Walter O'Hara's friend and political ally, Pawtucket's Democratic Mayor Thomas P. McCoy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rome was installed in full authority, thus in Ireland, as in England, receiving from her Norman liegemen her share of their prize.
From Irish History and the Irish Question by Goldwin Smith
On all sides the people to gaze on them began; Then many of Gunther's liegemen swift to meet them ran.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
Normans, in Southern Italy, 92; in Sicily, 93; become liegemen to the Popes, 93.
From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Henry Dwight Sedgwick
The popes sought in vain to keep in order their quarrelsome liegemen; to reconcile Guelf with Guelf, and even Guelf with Ghibelline.
From Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. by R. W. (Richard William) Church
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