Leger

·adj Light; slender; slim; trivial.

II. Leger ·noun A Ledger.

III. Leger ·noun A minister or ambassador resident at a court or seat of government.

IV. Leger ·adj Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident; as, leger ambassador.

V. Leger ·noun Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.

Harrison, Mary St. Leger ("Lucas Malet")
Novelist. Mrs. Lorimer (1882), Colonel Enderby's Wife (1885), A Counsel of Perfection (1888), The Wa...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin