Definition of liege

• a. - Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord.
• 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.
• a. - Full; perfect; complete; pure.
• n. - A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign.
• n. - The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.