liege
noun
°A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign.
°The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.
adjective
°Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord.
°Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a liege man; a liege subject.