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# liege

«liege» in Mova's school dictionary: **a lord or lady whom a person owes loyal service to, or a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural lieges); adjective (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (old use) A liege is a lord or lady whom a person owes loyal service to, or a servant who owes such service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liege/#m1)

2) (old use) «My liege» is a polite way to speak to a king or lord. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liege/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales and old stories, knights and servants call a king «my liege»; in history lessons it names a lord who is served.

### examples

- The knight bowed low and said, «Yes, my liege.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liege/#x1)
- The people were loyal to their liege lord. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liege/#x2)
- The Abbot called the king his liege. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liege/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «liege» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liege/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.