liegeman
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There he lived peacefully, and did homage to the king and became his liegeman and burgess.
From Tales from the Old French by Various
You pretend to be a liegeman of his Lordship, and you travel all night to cheat him of five shillings.
From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by John P. Kennedy
Wataru Sampei was a samurai, of samurai stock, and liegeman to his own old masters of Kai province.
From Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 by James S. (James Seguin) De Benneville
Therefore command me even now, for I am your liegeman, and my heart is wholly pledged to you, fair one.
From The Book of the Duke of True Lovers by Christin? de Pisan
Look at Arnold there: is there a more temperate, orderly, well-behaved liegeman in the world than the ranger?
From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by John P. Kennedy
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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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
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
From far I snuff the odour sweet That I do love the best; And wheresoe'er I set my feet, Courtiers and liegemen flock to greet Their King confest.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
XC So messengers in hurry through all the country went; To liegemen, and to kinsmen, and all her friends she sent.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown