Definition of "lieger" [lie•ger]

• A resident ambassador. (noun)

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• "At last, then, the coveted firman "for kind usage of the English, free trade, and so forth," was gained, Edwards remaining in Agra as "lieger" or ambassador, "which will be needful among this inconstant people.""
• "Not one mere kind alone of woe doth lieger with me lie;"
• "Antonio Petrimol, lieger there for the French king, Sig."