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LIEGEMAN

Dictionary entry overview: What does liegeman mean?

• LIEGEMAN (noun)
The noun LIEGEMAN has 1 sense:

1. a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord

Familiarity information: LIEGEMAN used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LIEGEMAN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

feudatory; liege; liege subject; liegeman; vassal

Hypernyms ("liegeman" is a kind of...):

follower (a person who accepts the leadership of another)

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