Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord.

A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign.

The superior or sovereign lord to whom a vassal owes ultimate allegiance above all others.

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.

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")

a person holding a fief

owing or owed feudal allegiance and service; "one's liege lord"; "a liege subject"

a vassal or entity who owes allegiance to someone