liegeman
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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
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
With the spring he set out, meaning vengeance; but he dissembled and rendered homage, and accepted the sword the lord gives his liegeman.
From Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature by W. P. Ker
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
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
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
His wife he would leave in his domain, and bade his friends and liegemen that they guard her loyally.
From Tales from the Old French by Various
Ye are all the king's liegemen, and ye should keep good faith with him.
From Tales from the Old French by Various
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
I too am a warrior, and shall a sceptre sway, And I would fain bring all men perforce of me to say, That I both land and liegemen have nobly merited.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
