liege

adj.faithful

Antonyms for liege

Word Origin & History

word used by a vassal to address his superior or lord in the feudal system, c.1300, from Anglo-French lige (late 13c.), Old French lige "(feudal) liege, free, giving or receiving fidelity," perhaps from Late Latin laeticus "cultivated by serfs," from laetus "serf," which probably is from Proto-Germanic *lethiga- "freed" (cf. Old English læt "half-freedman, serf;" Old High German laz, Old Frisian lethar "freedman"), from PIE root *le- "let go, slacken" (see let (v.)). Or the Middle English word may be directly from Old High German leidig "free." As a noun from late 14c., both as "vassal" and "lord." Hence, liege-man "a vassal sworn to the service and support of a lord, who in turn is obliged to protect him" (mid-14c.).

Example Sentences forliege

From Liege to Cologne the country exhibited one boundless harvest.

Whether this included the reenforcement by the Liege infantry is uncertain.

The defenses of Liege were hardly worth an enemy's gunfire before 1890.

Doubtless reports had come to him of the situation at Liege.

Possibly the Germans had begun to doubt how long Liege could hold out.

The situation of the city is not as imposing as that of Liege.

But the Germans had learned a severely taught lesson at Liege.

This was luckily repeated to my son, who had him arrested at Liege.

There has been no return of it but from the Minister of Liege.

You will set out at once to follow me along the road to Liege.

liege

lord

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