lieger

English edit

Etymology edit

Noun edit

lieger (plural liegers)

(obsolete) A resident ambassador.
- 1641 (first performance), [John Denham], The Sophy. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman, […], published 1667, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 14:
  [H]is fears / Lie Liegers for you in his breſt, and there / Negotiate your affairs.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “lieger”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams edit

Reigel, Reigle, Riegel, Riegle, leiger, reigle, riegel

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From liegen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: lie‧ger
Rhymes: -iɣər

Noun edit

lieger m (plural liegers, diminutive liegertje n)

liar

Synonyms edit

leugenaar