Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Leger \Leg"er\, a.
   Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident; as, leger
   ambassador.

Leger \Leg"er\, a. [F. l['e]ger, fr. LL. (assumed) leviarius,
   fr. L. levis light in weight. See {Levity}.]
   Light; slender; slim; trivial. [Obs. except in special
   phrases.] --Bacon.

   {Leger line} (Mus.), a line added above or below the staff to
      extend its compass; -- called also {added line}.

Leger \Leg"er\ (l[e^]j"[~e]r), n. [See {Ledger}.]
   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.

Source : WordNet®

leger
     n 1: a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they
          got a subpoena to examine our books" [syn: {ledger}, {account
          book}, {book of account}, {book}]
     2: French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) [syn: {Fernand
        Leger}]