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SOVEREIGN
sovereign, supreme
(adjective) greatest in status or authority or power; “a supreme tribunal”
autonomous, independent, self-governing, sovereign
(adjective) (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; “an autonomous judiciary”; “a sovereign state”
sovereign, crowned head, monarch
(noun) a nation’s ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sovereign (comparative more sovereign, superlative most sovereign)
Exercising power of rule.
Exceptional in quality.
(now rare, pharmacology) Extremely potent or effective (of a medicine, remedy etc.).
Having supreme, ultimate power.
Princely; royal.
Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
Synonyms
• autonomous
• supreme
Noun
sovereign (plural sovereigns)
A monarch; the ruler of a country.
One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation.
A gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling but in practice used as a bullion coin.
A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33â…“ standard bottles.
Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalini, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
(UK, slang) A large, garish ring; a sovereign ring.
Hyponyms
• (monarch): king, queen
Verb
sovereign (third-person singular simple present sovereigns, present participle sovereigning, simple past and past participle sovereigned)
(transitive) To rule over as a sovereign.
Anagrams
• Rovignese
Source: Wiktionary
Sov"er*eign ( or ; 277), a. Etym: [OE. soverain, sovereyn, OF. soverain, suvrain, F. souverain, LL. superanus, fr. L. superus that is above, upper, higher, fr. super above. See Over, Super, and cf. Soprano. The modern spelling is due to a supposed connection with reign.]
1. Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince.
2. Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.
3. Princely; royal. "Most sovereign name." Shak. At Babylon was his sovereign see. Chaucer.
4. Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount. We acknowledge him [God] our sovereign good. Hooker.
5. Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy. Dryden. Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the regulation of the lives and actions of men. South. Sovereign state, a state which administers its own government, and is not dependent upon, or subject to, another power.
Sov"er*eign ( or ; 277), n.
1. The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor. No question is to be made but that the bed of the Mississippi belongs to the sovereign, that is, to the nation. Jefferson.
2. A gold coin of Great Britain, on which an effigy of the head of the reigning king or queen is stamped, valued at one pound sterling, or about $4.86.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
Syn.
– King; prince; monarch; potentate; emperor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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