liegeman
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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
Of a truth, if I could desire aught but your goodwill, in nowise could I hold you as the lady of my heart, nor myself as your liegeman.
From The Book of the Duke of True Lovers by Christin? de Pisan
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
The Duke of Somerset was released from the Tower and owned by Henry in formal court as his true and faithful liegeman.
From History of the English People, Volume III The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 by John Richard Green
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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To the kings and their liegemen forthwith the tidings ran, That come were foreign envoys.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
Thereupon the king made war against his disobedient liegemen.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Thomas W. Allies
On all sides the people to gaze on them began; Then many of Gunther's liegemen swift to meet them ran.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
Thanks for his friendly message, which you so far have brought, And also for my sister's; it glads my inmost thought To find they all live happy, both king and liegemen bold.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown