adj
Meaning 1
Light; slender, slim; trivial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
leger
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɛd͡ʒə/
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General-American: /ˈlɛd͡ʒəɹ/
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rhymes with -ɛdʒə(ɹ)
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homophone: ledger
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CMU ARPABET: L EH1 JH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a leger ambassador
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name
Meaning 3
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
An ambassador or minister resident at a court or seat of government.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: leiger, lieger
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 6
Alternative form of ledger (“book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting records”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
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verb
Meaning 7
Alternative form of ledger (“to use (a certain type of bait) in bottom fishing; to engage in bottom fishing”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, alt-of, alternative, ambitransitive
Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 8
French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Fernand Leger
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: painter
noun
Meaning 9
a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they got a subpoena to examine our books
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ledger, account book, book of account, book
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: record
Narrower terms: cost ledger, general ledger, subsidiary ledger, daybook, journal
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French legier, from Old French legier, apparently from Late Latin *leviārium, from levis (“light in weight”). See levity.
A variant of ledger.
Real reading context