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lieger

lieger is the alternative spelling of leger.

Meaning of leger

Noun

leger (plural legers)

  1. An ambassador or minister resident at a court or seat of government.
    • Sir Edward Carne, the queen's leger at Rome1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)
    Synonyms:
    leiger, lieger
  2. (obsolete) Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.

See all 5 meanings of leger

Forms of lieger

pluralliegers

Origin of lieger

See leger, ledger.

Questions about lieger

What is lieger the alternative spelling of?
Lieger is the alternative spelling of leger.

Words near lieger in the dictionary

  1. liegeful
  2. liegeless
  3. liegely
  4. liegeman
  5. liegemen
  6. lieger
  7. liegers
  8. lieges
  9. liegewoman
  10. liegewomen
  11. Lieh Hsü

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