"lieger" meaning in English

See lieger in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: liegers [plural]
Etymology: See leger, ledger. Head templates: {{en-noun}} lieger (plural liegers)
  1. (obsolete) A resident ambassador. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-lieger-en-noun-Qsymls-N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "See leger, ledger.",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1641 (first performance), [John Denham], The Sophy. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman, […], published 1667, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 14:",
          "text": "[H]is fears / Lie Liegers for you in his breſt, and there / Negotiate your affairs.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A resident ambassador."
      ],
      "id": "en-lieger-en-noun-Qsymls-N",
      "links": [
        [
          "resident",
          "resident#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "ambassador",
          "ambassador"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A resident ambassador."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lieger"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "See leger, ledger.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "liegers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
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        {
          "ref": "1641 (first performance), [John Denham], The Sophy. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman, […], published 1667, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 14:",
          "text": "[H]is fears / Lie Liegers for you in his breſt, and there / Negotiate your affairs.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A resident ambassador."
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        "(obsolete) A resident ambassador."
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}

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