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ˈsu zə rɪn, -ˌreɪnsuzerain
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Princeton's WordNet
suzerainnoun
a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs
Wiktionary
suzerainnoun
A dominant nation or state which has control over the international affairs of a subservient state which has domestic autonomy.
suzerainnoun
A feudal land-owner to whom peasants were forced to pledge allegiance.
suzerainadjective
Pertaining to suzerain
Wikipedia
suzerain
Suzerainty () is the rights and obligations of a person, state or other polity who controls the foreign policy and relations of a tributary state, while allowing the tributary state to have internal autonomy. While the subordinate party is called a vassal, vassal state or tributary state, the dominant party is called a suzerain. While the rights and obligations of a vassal are called vassalage, the rights and obligations of a suzerain are called suzerainty. Suzerainty differs from sovereignty in that the dominant power allows tributary states to be technically independent, but enjoy only limited self-rule. Although the situation has existed in a number of historical empires, it is considered difficult to reconcile with 20th- or 21st-century concepts of international law, in which sovereignty is a binary concept, which either exists or does not. While a sovereign state can agree by treaty to become a protectorate of a stronger power, modern international law does not recognise any way of making this relationship compulsory on the weaker power. Suzerainty is a practical, de facto situation, rather than a legal, de jure one.
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suzerain
A suzerain is a nation or a ruler that has control or sovereign power over another nation or state while still allowing that state to maintain internal autonomy. The state or nation under the control of the suzerain is known as a vassal. Suzerainty was common in feudal relationships as well as in international relations in history.
Webster Dictionary
Suzerainnoun
a superior lord, to whom fealty is due; a feudal lord; a lord paramount
Etymology: [F., formed fr. sus above, L. susum, sursum (fr. sub under + versum, p. p. of vertere to turn), after the analogy of souverain, E. sovereign. See Sub-, and Verse.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Suzerain
sū′ze-rān, n. a feudal lord: supreme or paramount ruler.—n. Sū′zerainty, the dominion of a suzerain: paramount authority. [O. Fr.,—sus—Late L. susum, for sursum=sub-versum, above; the termination in imitation of Fr. souverain, Eng. sovereign.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of suzerain in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of suzerain in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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