sovereign
a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
a person who has supreme power or authority.
a group or body of persons or a state having sovereign authority.
a gold coin of the United Kingdom, equal to one pound sterling: went out of circulation after 1914.
belonging to or characteristic of a sovereign or sovereign authority; royal.
having supreme rank, power, or authority.
supreme; preeminent; indisputable: a sovereign right.
greatest in degree; utmost or extreme.
being above all others in character, importance, excellence, etc.
efficacious; potent: a sovereign remedy.
Origin of sovereign
1Other words for sovereign
Other words from sovereign
- sov·er·eign·ly, adverb
- non·sov·er·eign, noun, adjective
- non·sov·er·eign·ly, adverb
- qua·si-sov·er·eign, adjective
- sub·sov·er·eign, noun, adjective
- su·per·sov·er·eign, adjective, noun
- un·der·sov·er·eign, noun
- un·sov·er·eign, adjective
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How to use sovereign in a sentence
So with the sovereign internet it does remain to be seen whether this is something that Russia is actually able to pull off.
Podcast: How Russia’s everything company works with the Kremlin | Anthony Green | September 30, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewDrescher’s job, she notes, has typically entailed “a healthy amount of travel around the world” for face-to-face meetings with the pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and other investors making up Apollo’s client base.
Apollo’s Stephanie Drescher on running a global investment firm from her living room | reymashayekhi | September 19, 2020 | FortuneWe built it but they did the hacking—and they are sovereign nations.
Inside NSO, Israel’s billion-dollar spyware giant | Tate Ryan-Mosley | August 19, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewNorway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s biggest, lost $21 billion in the first half of the year as a rebound in stock markets wasn’t enough to erase its record decline earlier this year.
The world’s largest wealth fund has lost $21 billion so far this year | kdunn6 | August 18, 2020 | FortuneJim then became a sovereign citizen, just like Timothy McVeigh, driving without registration or license plates.
So where does this leave the millions of Palestinians—like my relatives—who dream of self-determination and a sovereign state?
In the Middle East, the Two-State Solution Is Dead | Dean Obeidallah | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTPaudert is sure to acknowledge that sovereign citizens have the same rights as all Americans and that they are not all dangerous.
Sovereign Citizens Are America’s Top Cop-Killers | Caitlin Dickson | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the group has been paying close attention to the sovereign citizens for a while.
Sovereign Citizens Are America’s Top Cop-Killers | Caitlin Dickson | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOften, the most common opportunity for police officers to encounter a sovereign citizen is during a traffic stop.
Sovereign Citizens Are America’s Top Cop-Killers | Caitlin Dickson | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Reservation is sovereign Indian land, and the grizzly is a sacred animal to these tribes.
Progress: an old term for the travelling of the sovereign to different parts of his country.
Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan SwiftThe lower class were idle and lazy, and willing to serve any sovereign who appealed to them by ostentation.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonModerate salaries prevailed, but the sovereign was worth much more then than now, while wants were fewer.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowAfter his death she was proclaimed sovereign empress of all the Russias, and showed herself worthy of her high fortune.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellHe trusted that what might be done in this matter be most expedient for the service of the king our sovereign.
British Dictionary definitions for sovereign
/ (ˈsɒvrɪn) /
a person exercising supreme authority, esp a monarch
a former British gold coin worth one pound sterling
supreme in rank or authority: a sovereign lord
excellent or outstanding: a sovereign remedy
of, relating to, or characteristic of a sovereign
independent of outside authority: a sovereign state
Origin of sovereign
1Derived forms of sovereign
- sovereignly, adverb
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