SUPREMES

Verb

supremes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of supreme

Anagrams

• presumes

Etymology

From Supreme Court of the United States, by shortening, punning reference to The Supremes, a pop-music singing group.

Proper noun

Supremes

(US, informal) The current members, as a group, of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Anagrams

• presumes

Source: Wiktionary

SUPREME

Su*preme", a. Etym: [L. supremus, superlative of superus that is above, upper, fr. super above: cf. F. suprême. See Super-, and cf. Sum.]

1. Highest in authority; holding the highest place in authority, government, or power. He that is the supreme King of kings. Shak.

2. Highest; greatest; most excellent or most extreme; utmost; greatist possible (sometimes in a bad sense); as, supreme love; supreme glory; supreme magnanimity; supreme folly. Each would be supreme within its own sphere, and those spheres could not but clash. De Quincey.

3. (Bot.)

Definition: Situated at the highest part or point. The Supreme, the Almighty; God.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition