Definition of liege:
(n) :
a free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign; the subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman
(adj) :
sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord; serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a liege man; a liege subject