liege

A lord or sovereign to whom allegiance and service are due according to feudal law.

A vassal or subject owing allegiance and services to a lord or sovereign under feudal law.

A loyal subject to a monarch.

Entitled to the loyalty and services of vassals or subjects.

Bound to give such allegiance and services to a lord or monarch.

Loyal; faithful.

Free; specifically, free from obligation to service except as within the relations of lord and vassal: as, a liege lord, a liege man (correlative terms implying protection on the one side and service on the other, as against all other claims).

Of or pertaining to the tie reciprocally connecting vassal and chief: as, liege vassalage.

A liegeman; a subject; a vassal; hence, a law-abiding citizen; a peaceably disposed person: as, to disturb the lieges.