2 entries under this word
n. [See LEDGER.]
Sense 1. Any thing that lies in a place; that which rests or remains. [Obs.]
Sense 2. A minister or embassador resident at a court or seat of government. [Written also léger.]
Sir Edward Carne, the queen's leger at Rome, . . . where soon after he died, the last leger of the English nation to Rome publicly avowed in that employment. Fuller.
Sense 3. A ledger. See LEDGER.
a. [Fr. léger, light, nimble, slender, slight, Pr. leugier, It. leggiero, Lat. as if leviarius, from levis, light in weight.] [Obs., except in particular phrases.]
Sense 1. Light; slender; slight; slim; hence, unimportant; trifling.
Sense 2. [See LEDGER.] Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident.
Leger embassador, a resident embassador. See LEGER, n., No. 2.—
Leger line (Mus.), a line added above or below the staff to extend its compass; — called also added line.
Leger Lines.