Lieges [noun]

A liege lord was a free lord; in course of time his subjects were called lieges, no doubt from confusion with Lat.

A Sarrasin pirate even now lords it in Guernsey, and kills very many of thy lieges.

So he rode alone, three hundred yards from his lieges, reasoning out how he could preserve his honour and yet yield.

It was not only by calling at Yuste that the noble lieges of the emperor testified their homage.

I have been too long slighted and set at naught by my lieges and vassals, and I would know what of it?

Could it ever come to pass that the lieges of the kingdom would bow the knee in proper respect before so puny a sovereign?

On this occasion the Observer gave the lieges appropriate pictures of the august ceremony.

I do; she seems to be an object of general attention among the worthy lieges of the place.

You have wantonly provoked and insulted those inoffensive lieges for some months, and your punishment will assuredly be condign.

The subjects of the Latin kingdom were divided into the three classes of lieges, burgesses, and vilains.