sovereign
Americannoun
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a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
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a person who has supreme power or authority.
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a group or body of persons or a state having sovereign authority.
- Synonyms:
- government
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a gold coin of the United Kingdom, equal to one pound sterling: went out of circulation after 1914.
adjective
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belonging to or characteristic of a sovereign or sovereign authority; royal.
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having supreme rank, power, or authority.
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supreme; preeminent; indisputable.
a sovereign right.
- Synonyms:
- predominant, principal, paramount, chief
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greatest in degree; utmost or extreme.
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being above all others in character, importance, excellence, etc.
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efficacious; potent.
a sovereign remedy.
noun
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a person exercising supreme authority, esp a monarch
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a former British gold coin worth one pound sterling
adjective
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supreme in rank or authority
a sovereign lord
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excellent or outstanding
a sovereign remedy
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of, relating to, or characteristic of a sovereign
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independent of outside authority
a sovereign state
Other Word Forms
- nonsovereign noun
- nonsovereignly adverb
- quasi-sovereign adjective
- sovereignly adverb
- subsovereign noun
- supersovereign adjective
- undersovereign noun
- unsovereign adjective
Etymology
Origin of sovereign
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English soverain, altered by influence of reign, from Old French soverain, from Vulgar Latin superānus (unrecorded), equivalent to Latin super- super- + -ānus -an
Example Sentences
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The nine-figure agreement will provide the Sultanate of Oman with sovereign control over its digital infrastructure and help MB support the country’s development goals, executives said.
“Investors are paying for stability over leverage in a world where deficits keep growing, policy credibility keeps getting tested and sovereign balance sheets are doing more talking than central bankers,” he said.
From MarketWatch
“Investors are paying for stability over leverage in a world where deficits keep growing, policy credibility keeps getting tested and sovereign balance sheets are doing more talking than central bankers,” he said.
From MarketWatch
Amazon last week launched a “sovereign cloud” service in Europe, which is run by EU citizens and based in Germany.
In her nearly two decades at the Journal, Jenny has covered topics ranging from banks, sovereign wealth funds and hedge funds to energy and climate, nonprofit governance and Covid-19 policy.
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