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Definition of Liaison
1. Noun. A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship.
2. Noun. A channel for communication between groups. "He provided a liaison with the guerrillas"
Generic synonyms: Channel, Communication Channel, Line
Derivative terms: Contact
Definition of Liaison
1. n. A union, or bond of union; an intimacy; especially, an illicit intimacy between a man and a woman.
Definition of Liaison
1. Noun. Communication between two parties or groups. ¹
2. Noun. Co-operation, working together. ¹
3. Noun. A relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war. ¹
4. Noun. A tryst, romantic meeting. ¹
5. Noun. (figuratively) An illicit sexual relationship or affair. ¹
6. Noun. (linguistics) A sandhi in which a normally silent final consonant is pronounced when the next word begins with a vowel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Liaison
1. a means for maintaining communication [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Liaison
Literary usage of Liaison
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Batterer Intervention: Program Approaches & Criminal Justice Strategies by Christine Smith, Kerry Healey, Chris O'Sullivan (1999)
"The victim liaison tries to learn all she can not only about the extent of the
physical violence but also about any emotional and sexual abuse. ..."
2. The War of Positions by Paul Jean Louis Azan (1917)
"All the supplementary means of liaison must also be planned out. ... The liaison
of the attacking troops with the artillery is primarily intended to show ..."
3. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Martha Joanna Lamb, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1889)
"A CANADIAN-AMERICAN liaison Mr. Goldwin Smith and Mr. ... will it be good policy
for Americans to form a liaison with Canada in the hope of bringing about ..."
4. A Journal of the Great War by Dawes, Charles Gates, 1865- (1921)
"enumerated in paragraph 3, the function of the two bureaux would be more in the
nature of liaison work, and it is probable that at first, at any rate, ..."
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