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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The Duke of Somerset was released from the Tower and owned by Henry in formal court as his true and faithful liegeman.
From History of the English People, Volume III The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 by John Richard Green
As lord of such a liegeman was Gunther valued high.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
Therefore command me even now, for I am your liegeman, and my heart is wholly pledged to you, fair one.
From The Book of the Duke of True Lovers by Christin? de Pisan
The93 Great Count was the younger brother and the liegeman of the Duke.
From Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine by William Holden Hutton
You pretend to be a liegeman of his Lordship, and you travel all night to cheat him of five shillings.
From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by John P. Kennedy
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
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
Sworn liegemen to their master, and their monarch, They have perform'd their duty, sir.
From The Surrender of Calais A Play, in Three Acts by George Colman
Never heard I of heroes more hardy in war, 40 Of sixty who strove more strongly or bravely, Of swains who repaid their sweet mead better Than his loyal liegemen to their loved Hnæf.
From Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose by Various
To the kings and their liegemen forthwith the tidings ran, That come were foreign envoys.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
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