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Sovereign   /sˈɑvrən/   Listen
adjective
Sovereign  adj.  
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." "At Babylon was his sovereign see."
4.
Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount. "We acknowledge him (God) our sovereign good."
5.
Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy. "Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the regulation of the lives and actions of men."
Sovereign state, a state which administers its own government, and is not dependent upon, or subject to, another power.


noun
Sovereign  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."
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.
(Zool.) Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
Synonyms: King; prince; monarch; potentate; emperor.





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"Sovereign" Quotes from Famous Books



... and in the following year was engaged in an attack on the Azores, in both of which he added greatly to his reputation. The death of Elizabeth in 1603 was the turning point in R.'s fortunes. Thenceforward disaster clouded his days. The new sovereign and his old enemies combined to compass his ruin. Accused of conspiring against the former he was, against all evidence, sentenced to death, and though this was not at the time carried out, he was ...
— A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature • John W. Cousin
... apocryphal. But great and extraordinary characters are not to be judged of by common rules; for instance, his account of the manner in which he obtained the honour of knighthood from the hands of our present gracious sovereign, then Prince Regent, always appeared to me to differ in some material circumstances from the ordinary routine of court etiquette, and rather to resemble one of those amusing and instructive narratives denominated fairy tales. But on this delicate subject perhaps the safest course is to suffer ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Vol. 14, Issue 390, September 19, 1829 • Various
... The soldiers knew that the figure on the horse was St. George by his exact likeness to the figure of the saint on the English sovereign. ...
— The Angels of Mons • Arthur Machen
... Frederic, who walked about the streets of Berlin and used his walking-stick on the cringing persons whom he passed on the sidewalk and did not like the looks of. They remembered the crazy Czar, Peter, and they knew about the insane tendencies of the British sovereign, George. The world argued from these and other examples that monarchy was safe; it could not doubt that the supply of monarchs would never give out; but it had no hope of a Republic governed by a President. ...
— George Washington • William Roscoe Thayer
... score and a half of good fighting men to help you settle your account," smiled the Master. Then, to Bohannan: "It looks now, Major, as if you'd have a chance to try your sovereign remedy." ...
— The Flying Legion • George Allan England


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