liege

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n. 君主, 王侯, 臣下 a. 君主的, 臣下的, 君臣关系的

发音

US /liːd͡ʒ/
UK /liːd͡ʒ/
US /liːʒ/
UK /liːʒ/

词形变化

lieges 复数 lieges

别名

lyege

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

  2. 2.

    A king or lord.

  3. 3.

    The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance.

    a liege lord

  2. 2.

    Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, such as a vassal to his lord; faithful.

    a liege man; a liege subject

  3. 3.

    Full; perfect; complete; pure.

    废旧 法律

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

vassal feudatory liege lord

上位词 4

follower feudal lord seigneur seignior

下位词 2

liegeman liegewoman
形容词

近义相关 1

loyal

相关短语

liege lord 君主, 王侯

词源

From Middle English liege, lege, lige, from Anglo-Norman lige, from Old French liege (“liege, free”), from Middle High German ledic, ledec (“free, empty, vacant”) (Modern German ledig (“unmarried”)) from Proto-Germanic *liþugaz (“flexible, free, unoccupied”). Akin to Old Frisian leþeg, leþoch (“free”), Old English liþiġ (“flexible”), Old Norse liðugr (“free, unhindered”), Old Saxon lethig (“idle”), Low German leddig (“empty”), Middle Dutch ledich (“idle, unemployed”) (Dutch ledig (“empty”) and leeg (“empty”)), Middle English lethi (“unoccupied, at leisure”). An alternate etymology traces the Old French word to Late Latin laeticus (“of or relating to a semifree colonist in Gaul”), from Latin laetus (“a semi-free colonist”), from Gothic *𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (*lēts) (attested in derivatives such as 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (fralēts)), from Proto-Germanic *lētaz (“freeman; bondsman, serf”), from *lētaną (“to let; free; release”).

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