leger

Meanings

Plural: legers

Noun

a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955)
An ambassador or minister resident at a court or seat of government; a leiger or lieger.
Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.
Alternative form of ledger (“book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting records”).

Adj

Light; slender, slim; trivial.
Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident.

Verb

Alternative form of ledger (“to use (a certain type of bait) in bottom fishing; to engage in bottom fishing”).

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French legier, from Old French legier, apparently from Late Latin *leviārium, from levis (“light in weight”). See levity.

Synonyms

account book, book, book of account, Fernand Leger, ledger

Scrabble Score: 6

leger is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
leger is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
leger is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

leger is a valid Words With Friends word