What is the name meaning of LEGER. Phrases containing LEGER
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French (Léger) and English
French (Léger) and English : from the Germanic personal name Leodegar (see Ledger).French : nickname from léger ‘light’, ‘superficial’.English : see Letcher.Dutch (also de Leger) : occupational name from Middle Dutch legger, ligger ‘bailiff’, ‘tax collector’.A Leger from Normandy, France, was in Quebec City by 1644; another was in Montreal by 1659. One from Limousin, France, was in Quebec City by 1691; another, from Paris, was there by 1706; and a third, from Poitou, France, arrived in 1711.
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English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Saint-Léger in La Manche or Saint-Léger-aux-Bois in Seine-Maritime, both so called from the dedication of their churches to St. Leger (see Ledger), the martyred 7th-century bishop of Autun.German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from a Germanized form of the personal name Salomon.
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English
English : variant spelling of Leggett.English : from a medieval personal name, a variant of Legard 1 or Leger 1.French (Breton) : nickname from Breton gad ‘hare’, with the le.
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English
English : topographic name for someone who lived beside a stream, from Old English læcc, læce (see Leach) + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.English : unflattering nickname for a lecher, Middle English lech(o)ur (Old French leceor). Reaney comments: ‘The surname is rare, probably usually disguised as Leger’.German (Letscher) : habitational name for someone from Letsch, near Bensberg, Rhineland, or various other places such as Letsche, Letschin, Letschow, etc. See also Letsch.
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English
English : variant of Lanier 1.Dutch : variant of Leonard.Jewish (western Ashkenazic) : name taken by someone who was good at chanting the Pentateuch at public worship in the synagogue or who regularly did so, from West Yiddish layner ‘reader’ (a derivative of West Yiddish laynen ‘to read’, which comes ultimately from Latin legere ‘to read’).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a flax grower or merchant, from German Lein ‘flax’ + agent suffix -er.
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Boy/Male
Japanese
High-valued second son.
Girl/Female
Indian
Elf friend, Highest, Height
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Sing Song
Girl/Female
Tamil
Rainfall, Heavy rain
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Beloved of the World
Girl/Female
Latin
A flower name.
Girl/Female
Greek
Gold or golden. Annointed one. A Christian.
Girl/Female
Indian
Silk, Silken cloth Ibn al-s
Boy/Male
French
Manly.
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n.
A ledger.
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A minister or ambassador resident at a court or seat of government.
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Verbal legerdemain; a playing with words.
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See Leger, n., 2.
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Feats of legerdemain, or magical performances.
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One who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain.
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Sleight of hand; a trick of sleight of hand; hence, any artful deception or trick.
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A baited line attached to a float, for night fishing. See Leger, a.
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One who practices magic arts; one who pretends to act by the aid super natural power; also, one who performs feats of legerdemain or sleight of hand.
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One who practices or exhibits tricks by sleight of hand; one skilled in legerdemain; a conjurer.
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Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident; as, leger ambassador.
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The act or art of performing something wonderful; magic; legerdemain.
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Legerdemain; prestidigitation.
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Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.
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Legerdemain; sleight of hand; juggling.
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Light; slender; slim; trivial.
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One skilled in legerdemain or sleight of hand; a juggler.
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One who practices sleight of hand; a prestidigitator.
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Lightness; nimbleness.