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English

Etymology

From soverain

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈsɒv.rɪn/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-sovereign.ogg


Adjective

  1. Exercising power of rule.
  2. : sovereign nation
  3. Exceptional in quality.
  4. : sovereign remedy


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Translations

  • Finnish: ,
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|卓越した|tr=takuetsu shita|sc=Jpan}}
  • Swedish: suverän

Noun

  1. A monarch; the ruler of a country.
  2. One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation.
  3. A gold coin minted by the United Kingdom.
  4. A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33⅓ standard bottles.


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Category:Monarchy Category:Money

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sovereign \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.
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No question is to be made but that the bed of the
Mississippi belongs to the sovereign, that is, to
the nation. --Jefferson.
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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.
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3. (Zool.) Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus
Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
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Syn: King; prince; monarch; potentate; emperor.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sovereign \Sov"er*eign\ (? or ?; 277), a. [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.
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2. Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing,
or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a
sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.
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3. Princely; royal. "Most sovereign name." --Shak.
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At Babylon was his sovereign see. --Chaucer.
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4. Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
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We acknowledge him [God] our sovereign good.
--Hooker.
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5. Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling;
as, a sovereign remedy. --Dryden.
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Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the
regulation of the lives and actions of men. --South.
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Sovereign state, a state which administers its own
government, and is not dependent upon, or subject to,
another power.
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WordNet sovereign
adj 1: of political bodies; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign
state" [syn: autonomous, independent, self-governing]
2: greatest in status or authority or power; "a supreme
tribunal" [syn: supreme]
n : a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary
right [syn: crowned head, monarch]
Moby Dictionary
absolute , all-knowing , all-powerful , all-seeing , all-wise ,
almighty , anointed king , arch , ascendant , at the head , autarchic ,
autarkic , autonomous , banner , blue-ribbon , boss , boundless ,
capital , cardinal , central , champion , changeless , chief , chieftain ,
classical , coin , commanding , controlling , creating , creative ,
crown , crowned head , crowning , directing , dominant , double eagle ,
doubloon , ducat , dynast , dynastic , eagle , emperor , eternal ,
eternally the same , everlasting , fine , first , first-class ,
five-dollar gold piece , focal , foremost , free-spirited ,
freewheeling , general , glorious , gold piece , good , governing ,
grand duke , great , guiding , guinea , half crown , half eagle ,
hallowed , hard money , head , headmost , hegemonic , hegemonistic ,
high chief , highest , holy , immortal , immutable , imperator ,
imperatorial , imperatorious , imperial , imperious , in ascendancy ,
in charge , in chief , in the ascendant , independent ,
individualistic , infinite , inner-directed , just , king ,
king-emperor , kinglet , kinglike , kingly , leading , limitless ,
lord paramount , loving , luminous , magisterial , main , majestic ,
majesty , making , master , merciful , moidore , monarch , monarchal ,
monarchial , monarchic , monarchical , napoleon , neutral , nonaligned ,
nonpartisan , number one , numinous , omnipotent , omnipresent ,
omniscient , one , overbearing , overlord , overruling , paramount ,
permanent , perpetual , petty king , piece , piece of money ,
piece of silver , plenipotentiary , potentate , pound sovereign ,
predominant , predominate , preeminent , prepollent , preponderant ,
preponderate , prepotent , prevailing , prevalent , primal , primary ,
prime , prince , prince consort , princelike , princely , principal ,
purple , queenlike , queenly , radiant , ranking , regal , regnant ,
regulating , regulative , regulatory , reigning , roll of coins ,
rouleau , royal , royal personage , royalty , ruler , ruling , sacred ,
self-contained , self-dependent , self-determined , self-directing ,
self-governed , self-governing , self-reliant , self-subsistent ,
self-sufficient , self-supporting , separate , shaping , specie , star ,
stellar , supereminent , supreme , suzerain , ten-dollar gold piece ,
tetrarch , third-force , third-world , timeless , topflight ,
twenty-dollar gold piece , ubiquitous , unbounded , unchanging ,
undefined , unlimited


SOVEREIGN, Eng. law. The name of a gold coin of Great Britain of the value of one pound sterling.
SOVEREIGN. A chief ruler with supreme power; one possessing sovereignty. (q.v.) It is also applied to a king or other magistrate with limited powers. 2. In the United States the sovereignty resides in the body of the people. Vide Rutherf. Inst. 282.
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