LIEGE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Liege mean?
• LIEGE (noun)
The noun LIEGE has 3 senses:
1. a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
2. a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service
3. city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium
Familiarity information: LIEGE used as a noun is uncommon.
• LIEGE (adjective)
The adjective LIEGE has 1 sense:
1. owing or owed feudal allegiance and service
Familiarity information: LIEGE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LIEGE (noun)
Meaning:
A person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
vassal; liegeman; liege subject; liege; feudatory
Hypernyms ("liege" is a kind of...):
follower (a person who accepts the leadership of another)
Meaning:
A feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
liege lord; liege
Hypernyms ("liege" is a kind of...):
feudal lord; seigneur; seignior (a man of rank in the ancien regime)
Meaning:
City in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Luik; Liege
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Liege" is a part of...):
Belgique; Belgium; Kingdom of Belgium (a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
• LIEGE (adjective)
Meaning:
Owing or owed feudal allegiance and service
Context examples:
one's liege lord / a liege subject
Similar:
loyal (steadfast in allegiance or duty)
