Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord.
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.
A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign.
The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.
feudal lord, superior to the vassal and owner of the fief or knight's fee.
lord who was entitled to receive primary service (compare "allegiance")
owing or owed feudal allegiance and service; "one's liege lord"; "a liege subject"
a vassal or entity who owes allegiance to someone
The superior or sovereign lord to whom a vassal owes ultimate allegiance above all others.