liegeman
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Every liegeman in the town must arm, mount, and ride this instant to Edinburgh.
From The Black Douglas by Frank Richards
There he lived peacefully, and did homage to the king and became his liegeman and burgess.
From Tales from the Old French by Various
Redet, without answering, made off, and as he told every one of this encounter, Hébert the liegeman of Mme. de Combray, had instantly begged him not to spread it about.
From The House of the Combrays by G. Le Notre
As soon as the French had retired, the lord of Bergerac, "after the fashion of the Poitevins," renounced Louis and professed himself the liegeman of Earl Richard.
From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by William Hunt
Ru´diger, a wealthy Hun, liegeman of Etzel, sent to conduct Kriemhild to Hungary.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
By Mr. O'Hara's side sat his two lawyers and outside the door stood some 20 of Pawtucket's police, stout liegemen of Walter O'Hara's friend and political ally, Pawtucket's Democratic Mayor Thomas P. McCoy.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Ye are now Children of the Great Bear," he said, "and comrades and liegemen to me, Arthur, who shall be King of the West.
From Eighth Reader by James Baldwin
Uptrain'd was he by sages, who what was honor knew, So might he win full lightly broad lands and liegemen too.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
The same thus said to Kriemhild, "See how he stands to-day, Whom Etzel o'er his fellows hath rais'd to power and sway, V "He who from all has service, from liegemen and from land!
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
To this end I seek your advice; and not only so, but I further lay my commands upon you, as my faithful subjects, liegemen, and vassals, to help me in this enterprise.
From The Last of the Vikings by John Bowling
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