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Words with a similar base: liege, liege_lord, liege_subject, liegeman

'liege'

[vassal.n.01] as in: a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord

'liege'

[liege.n.02] as in: a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service

'liege'

[liege.n.03] as in: city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium

'liege'

[liege.s.01] as in: owing or owed feudal allegiance and service

Examples:
one's liege lord
a liege subject

Origins

					liege (English)
└── liege (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── lige (Anglo-Norman)
        └── liege (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
            └── ledic (Middle High German (ca. 1050-1500))