LEGER

n. a.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place. [Obs.]

2.
n.

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.
n.

A ledger.

4.
a.

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

5.
a.

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.

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