Meaning of SUZERAIN
| Pronunciation: | | 'soozurin
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| | Definition: | | [n] a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs |
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| | See Also: | | body politic, commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica, state | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Su"ze*rain\, n. [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}.]
A superior lord, to whom fealty is due; a feudal lord; a lord
paramount.
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