Leg·er n.
  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.
  Lei·ger n.  See Leger, n., 2. [Obs.]
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