Definitions of Sovereign [ˈsɒv rɪn, ˈsɒv ər ɪn, ˈsʌv-]

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Definition of 'Sovereign'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) sovereign
a monarch or other supreme ruler.

2.  sovereign
a person who has sovereign power or authority.

3.  sovereign
a body of persons or a state having sovereign authority.

4.  sovereign
a gold coin of the United Kingdom, equal to one pound sterling: went out of circulation after 1914.

5. (adj.) sovereign
belonging to or characteristic of a sovereign or sovereignty; royal.

6.  sovereign
having supreme rank, power, or authority.

7.  sovereign
supreme; preeminent; indisputable:
sovereign power; a sovereign right.

8.  sovereign
greatest in degree; utmost or extreme.

9.  sovereign
being above all others in character, importance, excellence, etc.

10.  sovereign
efficacious; potent:
a sovereign remedy.

Etymology: (1250–1300; < OF < VL *superānus= L super-super - +-ānus -an¹)

Definition of 'Sovereign'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) sovereign, crowned head, monarch
a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right

2. (adj) autonomous, independent, self-governing, sovereign
(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
"an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state"

3. (adj) sovereign, supreme
greatest in status or authority or power
"a supreme tribunal"

Definition of 'Sovereign'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Sovereign
supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince

2. (adj) Sovereign
independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion

3. (adj) Sovereign
princely; royal

4. (adj) Sovereign
predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount

5. (adj) Sovereign
efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy

6. (noun) Sovereign
the person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor

7. (noun) Sovereign
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

8. (noun) Sovereign
any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy

Translation of 'Sovereign'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a king or queen.
Afrikaans: koning, koningin	Arabic: مَلِك أو مَلِكَه	Bulgarian: върховен глава
Brazilian: soberano	Czech: panovník, -ice	German: der Souverän
Danish: monark	Greek: ανώτατος άρχοντας, ηγεμόν	Spanish: soberano
Estonian: monarh	Farsi: پادشاه؛ ملكه	Finnish: monarkki
French: souverain/-aine	Hebrew: מֶלֶך, מַלכָּה	Hindi: अधिराट, अधिराज, शासक
Croatian: vladar, monarh	Hungarian: uralkodó	Indonesian: raja atau ratu
Icelandic: konungur; drottning	Italian: sovrano	Japanese: 君主
Korean: 군주	Lithuanian: valdovas, suverenas	Latvian: monarhs; valdnieks
Malay: raja	Dutch: vorst	Norwegian: konge/dronning
Polish: władca	Persian: پادشاه؛ ملكه	Pashto: پادشاه
Portuguese: soberano	Romanian: suveran	Russian: монарх
Slovak: panovník, -čka, vládca	Slovenian: vladar	Serbian: vladar
Swedish: monark, regent	Thai: ผู้มีอำนาจสูงสุดของประเทศ	Turkish: hükümdar
Taiwanese: 君主，國王	Ukrainian: монарх	Urdu: مطلق العنان فرماں روا، با
Vietnamese: nữ hoàng, hoàng đế	Chinese: 君主，国王，元首
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