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Webster 1913 Edition

Leger

Leg′er

(lĕj′ẽr)
,
Noun.
[See
Ledger
.]
1.
Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.
[Obs.]
2.
A minister or ambassador resident at a court or seat of government.
[Written also
lieger
,
leiger
.]
[Obs.]
Sir Edward Carne, the queen’s
leger
at Rome.
Fuller.
3.
A ledger.

Leg′er

,
Adj.
Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident;
as,
leger
ambassador
.

Leg′er

,
Adj.
[F.
léger
, fr. LL. (assumed)
leviarius
, fr. L.
levis
light in weight. See
Levity
.]
Light; slender; slim; trivial.
[Obs. except in special phrases.]
Bacon.
Leger line
(Mus.)
,
a line added above or below the staff to extend its compass; – called also
added line
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Leger

LEG'ER

,
Noun.
Any thing that lies in a place; that which rests or remains; sometimes used as a noun, but more frequently as an adjective, as a leger ambassador, that is, resident; but the word is now obsolete, except in particular phrases.
A leger-line, in music, a line added to the staff of five lines, when more lines than five are wanted, for designating notes ascending or descending.
A leger-book, or leger, a book that lies in the counting house, the book into which merchants carry a summary of the accounts of the journal; usually written ledger.

Definition 2024

leger

leger

See also: léger

English

Adjective

leger ‎(comparative more leger, superlative most leger)

  1. (obsolete) light; slender; slim; trivial
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  2. Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident.
    leger ambassador

Noun

leger ‎(plural legers)

  1. Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.
  2. A minister or ambassador resident at a court or seat of government; also lieger, leiger.
    • Fuller
      Sir Edward Carne, the queen's leger at Rome
  3. A ledger.

Verb

leger ‎(third-person singular simple present legers, present participle legering, simple past and past participle legered)

  1. (Britain, fishing) To engage in bottom fishing.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *legrą.

Noun

leger n ‎(plural legers, diminutive legertje n)

  1. army, armed forces
    Het leger moet leger!
    The army must become emptier!

Derived terms

Adjective

leger

  1. Comparative form of leeg

Verb

leger

  1. first-person singular present indicative of legeren
  2. imperative of legeren

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Borrowing from French léger.

Pronunciation

Adjective

leger ‎(comparative legerer, superlative am legersten)

  1. casual, informal
  2. (of clothing) dressed down

Declension

Comparative forms of leger
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist legerer sie ist legerer es ist legerer sie sind legerer
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative legererer legerere legereres legerere
genitive legereren legererer legereren legererer
dative legererem legererer legererem legereren
accusative legereren legerere legereres legerere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der legerere die legerere das legerere die legereren
genitive des legereren der legereren des legereren der legereren
dative dem legereren der legereren dem legereren den legereren
accusative den legereren die legerere das legerere die legereren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein legererer eine legerere ein legereres (keine) legereren
genitive eines legereren einer legereren eines legereren (keiner) legereren
dative einem legereren einer legereren einem legereren (keinen) legereren
accusative einen legereren eine legerere ein legereres (keine) legereren

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leˈɡer/

Verb

leger

  1. to read

Conjugation

Latin

Verb

lēger

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of lēgō

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

leger m

  1. indefinite plural of lege

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *legrą, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Cognate with Old Frisian leger, Old Saxon legar, Dutch leger ‘bed, camp, army’, Old High German legar (German Lager ‘camp’), Old Norse legr (Danish lejr, Swedish läger ‘bed’), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐍂𐍃. The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek λέχος ‎(lékhos), Latin lectus ‘bed’, Celtic *leg- (Old Irish lige, Irish luighe), Slavic *ležati (Russian лежать).

Noun

leġer n

  1. the state or action of lying, lying down, or lying ill
    On ðam sixtan dæge his legeres: on the sixth day of his illness.
  2. resting-place; couch, bed
  3. death-bed, grave
    On gehalgodan legere licgan: to be buried in a consecrated grave.

Declension

Descendants

Related terms

Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin legō, legere.

Verb

leger

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Vallader) to read
Alternative forms
  • (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) liger
  • (Puter) ler

Etymology 2

Adjective

leger m (feminine singular legra, masculine plural legers, feminine plural legras)

  1. (Sursilvan) merry, happy
Alternative forms
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) legher
Synonyms
  • allegher

Swedish

  1. Alternative form of legär

Etymology

French léger, from Latin (assumed) leviarius, from Latin levis ‎(“light in weight”). See levity.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlejer/

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