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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Since sure of me thy liegeman once in thrall Thou need'st not waste on me those gracious looks.
From Ionica by William (AKA William Johnson) Cory
Ne'er can I cease bewailing King Etzel's liegeman true.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
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
It is the tale of most men that Kjartan on the day he laid aside his white baptismal-robes became a liegeman of the king's, he and Bolli both.
From Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic by Muriel A.C. Press
"A very promising liegeman, truly, De Montfort!" turning savagely to the Count.
From The Last of the Vikings by John Bowling
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
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
Thereupon the king made war against his disobedient liegemen.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Thomas W. Allies
In triumph it bore them fleetly home; And the liegemen for years could tell How the old halls rung with "welcomes home" To Lord Hay and fair Claribel.
From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Patrick Buchan
Philosophy complained that it had to trudge afoot while the liegemen of Justinian rode high in the car of preferment.
From Oxford and Her Colleges by Goldwin Smith
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