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

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