leger Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
    book; book of account; account book; ledger.
    • they got a subpoena to examine our books
  2. noun French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955)
    Fernand Leger.

WordNet

Leg"er noun
Etymology
See Ledger.
Definitions
  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.
Leg"er adjective
Definitions
  1. Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident; as, leger ambassador.
Leg"er adjective
Etymology
F. léger, fr. LL. (assumed) leviarius, fr. L. levis light in weight. See Levity.
Definitions
  1. Light; slender; slim; trivial. Obs. except in special phrases. Bacon.

Webster 1913