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
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Etymology
Origin of liegeman
Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at liege, man
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Why, I am George-a-Greene, True liegeman to my king, Who scorns that men of such esteem as these Should brook the braves of any traitorous squire.
From The Growth of English Drama by Arnold Wynne
Ru´diger, a wealthy Hun, liegeman of Etzel, sent to conduct Kriemhild to Hungary.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
As soon as the French had retired, the lord of Bergerac, "after the fashion of the Poitevins," renounced Louis and professed himself the liegeman of Earl Richard.
From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by William Hunt
"A very promising liegeman, truly, De Montfort!" turning savagely to the Count.
From The Last of the Vikings by John Bowling
So, too, the great Theron walked as the close companion of the Gothic king; and Cavall became the trusty servant and liegeman of King Arthur.
From 'Murphy' A Message to Dog Lovers by Ernest Gambier-Parry
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
To the kings and their liegemen forthwith the tidings ran, That come were foreign envoys.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
The mode of agreement was obvious; the Popes conferred Southern Italy and Sicily as feuds upon their liegemen the Norman chiefs, and they in return acknowledged the Popes as their lords suzerain.
From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Henry Dwight Sedgwick
Ye are all the king's liegemen, and ye should keep good faith with him.
From Tales from the Old French by Various
X Then bade his father Siegmund all his liegemen tell, With his dear friends to revel it would please him well.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
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