Dictionary entry

Leger

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Leg″er (lĕj″ẽr), n. [See Ledger.] 1. Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.

2. A minister or ambassador resident at a court or seat of government. [Written also lieger, leiger.]

Sir Edward Carne, the queen's leger at Rome. Fuller.

3. A ledger.