liegeman

Scott, the loyal cavalier, the king's true liegeman, the very best raconteur of his time, poured out with an endless generosity his store of old-world learning, kindness, and humour.

From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by George Saintsbury

The rugged face of the liegeman was tremulous.

From The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe by W. L. (William Lawson) Grant

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

Geoffrey was an old man; he had long held the great post of justiciar of Ireland; and he was himself the liegeman of the marshal.

From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by William Hunt

Perhaps you are not aware that I am lord of the manor to you, and that you are my liegeman.

From Pine Needles by Susan Warner

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

In triumph it bore them fleetly home; And the liegemen for years could tell How the old halls rung with "welcomes home" To Lord Hay and fair Claribel.

From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Patrick Buchan

Under the feudal system the term of service in the field for the liegemen of the Emperor had been forty days; but that time was too short for an effective campaign.

From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Henry Dwight Sedgwick

Full well receiv'd was Gary, and all who with him came His followers, Gunther's liegemen from distant Burgundy.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

Now of all Dietrich's liegemen not a soul was left.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown