1. (a.) Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance\; as, a liege lord.

2. (a.) 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.

3. (a.) Full; perfect; complete; pure.

4. (n.) A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign.

5. (n.) The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.

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