liegeman

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

From Pine Needles by Warner, Susan

The English king’s beasts were leopards in blazon, in ballad and chronicle, and in the mouths of liegeman and enemy.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

He took an oath to serve him, as his liegeman true, In all that to a master from his man is due.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

Why, I am George-a-Greene, True liegeman to my king, Who scorns that men of such esteem as these Should brook the braves of any traitorous squire.

From The Growth of English Drama by Wynne, Arnold

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 Hunt, William