| 单词 | liege lord |
| 释义 | > as lemmasliege lord a. Of the superior: Entitled to feudal allegiance and service. Now rare except in liege lord, which is also used figuratively. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > lord > [noun] > feudal lord lordOE liege lord1297 seignior1393 liegec1440 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > lord > [adjective] > feudal liege1297 seigneurial1656 seignorial1818 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > lord or lady > [adjective] > entitled to feudal allegiance service liege1297 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > lord or lady > [noun] > lord > feudal lord lordOE liege lord1297 seignior1393 liegec1440 seigneur1592 señor1845 flaith1861 flath1873 1292 Britton iii. iv. §18 Si aucun deive fere homage a autre seignur lige qe a nous.] 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 9376 Vr lige louerd þat yeled is And ismered to ihesu crist. 1387–8 Petition London Mercers in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 33 Owre lige Lorde the Kyng. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 144 Men schull don him reverence As to here liege soverein. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 346 Þat my legge lady lyked not ille. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 30 Not so my liege lorde. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 248 Oure lyge lorde, kynge henry the Fyfte. 1549 H. Latimer 1st Serm. before Kynges Grace sig. Bvii It hath pleased god to graunt vs a naturall liege kynge and Lorde. c1620 T. Robinson Mary Magdalene (1899) ii. lxxxiv. 1566 Shee..followes her Leige-Lorde ye villages throughout. 1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xli. 116 You deserted the fortune of your liege Lord. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles ii. xx. 63 Who, vassals sworn, ’Gainst their liege lord had weapon borne. 1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. i. 97 Originally a feudatory of Jaypur, the Raja had taken advantage of the enfeebled condition of his liege lord. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake II. ii. 36 That is the rule of our liege lord King William. < as lemmas |
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