Liege

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Full; perfect; complete; pure.

II. Liege ·noun The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.

III. Liege ·noun A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign.

IV. Liege ·adj Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord.

V. Liege ·adj Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a liege man; a liege subject.