Associations to the word «Leger»

Wiktionary

LEGER, adjective. (obsolete) light; slender; slim; trivial
LEGER, adjective. Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident.
LEGER, noun. Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.
LEGER, noun. A minister or ambassador resident at a court or seat of government; also lieger, leiger.
LEGER, noun. A ledger.
LEGER, verb. (UK) (angling) To engage in bottom fishing.
LEGER LINE, noun. Alternative form of ledger line
LEGER LINES, noun. Plural of leger line

Dictionary definition

LEGER, noun. A record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books".
LEGER, noun. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955).

Wise words

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