Sovereign
31sovereign — 1. noun the sovereign s prerogative Syn: ruler, monarch, potentate, overlord, king, queen, emperor, empress, prince, princess 2. adjective a sovereign state Syn: autonomous, independent, self governing …
32sovereign — [ˈsɒvrɪn] adj I a sovereign nation rules itself II noun [C] formal sovereign [ˈsɒvrɪn] a king or queen …
33sovereign — A ruler; a king; the supreme power in a government. A gold coin of Great Britain, equivalent in value to one pound. To the Constitution of the United States the term sovereign is totally unkown. There is but one place where it could have been… …
34sovereign — 1. adjective /ˈsɒv.rɪn/ a) Exercising power of rule. sovereign nation b) Exceptional in quality. The soueraigne weede betwixt two marbles plaine / She pownded small, and did in peeces bruze, / And then atweene her lilly handes twaine, / Into his… …
35sovereign — sov·er·eign säv (ə )rən adj having generalized curative powers <a sovereign remedy> …
36sovereign — adj. Sovereign is used with these nouns: ↑country, ↑entity, ↑grace, ↑nation, ↑republic, ↑right, ↑ruler, ↑state, ↑territory …
37sovereign — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
38sovereign — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. monarch, ruler; potentate; king, queen, emperor, empress. See authority, superiority. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. monarch, autocrat, supreme ruler; see king . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. monarch,… …
39Sovereign — Sove|reign [ zɔvrin] der; s, s <aus engl. sovereign »Landesherr«, dies aus gleichbed. fr. souverain, weil die erste Prägung mit dem Bildnis König Heinrichs VIII. geschmückt war> ehemalige engl. Goldmünze zu 1 £ …
40sovereign — [13] A sovereign is etymologically someone who is ‘above’ others. The word comes via Old French souverein ‘ruler’, a descendant of Vulgar Latin *superānus. This was derived from the Latin preposition super ‘above’. In the 1490s the term was… …
