LEGER

Leger, Fernand Leger

(noun) French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955)

ledger, leger, account book, book of account, book

(noun) a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; “they got a subpoena to examine our books”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Leger (plural Legers)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Leger is the 3497th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10221 individuals. Leger is most common among White (79.65%) and Black/African American (11.62%) individuals.

Anagrams

• regle

Etymology 1

Adjective

leger (comparative more leger, superlative most leger)

(obsolete) Light; slender, slim; trivial.

Etymology 2

Adjective

leger (comparative more leger, superlative most leger)

Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident.

Noun

leger (plural legers)

An ambassador or minister resident at a court or seat of government; a leiger or lieger.

(obsolete) Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.

(obsolete) Alternative form of ledger (“book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting records”)

Verb

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

(ambitransitive, Britain, angling) Alternative form of ledger (“to use (a certain type of bait) in bottom fishing; to engage in bottom fishing”)

Anagrams

• regle

Source: Wiktionary


Leg"er, n. Etym: [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, a.

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

Leg"er, a. Etym: [F. léger, fr. LL. (assumed) leviarius, fr. L. levis light in weight. See Levity.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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INCURRING

(noun) acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable); “incurring debts is easier than paying them”


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