sovran

American  

[sov-ruhn, suhv-] / ˈsɒv rən, ˈsʌv- /

noun

Literary.

1. sovereign.

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sovran British  

/ ˈsɒvrən /

noun

1. a literary word for sovereign

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Other Word Forms

• sovranly adverb
• sovranty noun

Etymology

Origin of sovran

1625–35; alteration of sovereign, modeled on Italian sovrano

Example Sentences

Later he worked at Commonwealth Bank and Trust as well as Virginia National Bank, and was a founding executive of Sovran Bank.

From Washington Post

Playing the game brought to mind a couplet from the Keats poem “Ode to Melancholy,” which captures the oscillating sentiments embedded in the tales, “in the very temple of Delight/Veil’d Melancholy has her sovran shrine.”

From Washington Post

Mr. Manderfield, an Alexandria resident, was born in Massillon, Ohio, and grew up in Woodbridge, Va. He was president of Suburban Bancorp when it merged in 1985 with Sovran Financial Corp., and Mr. Manderfield became president of its subsidiary Sovran Bank.

From Washington Post

Mr. Manderfield, an Alexandria resident, was born in Massillon, Ohio, and grew up in Woodbridge, Va. He was president of Suburban Bancorp. when it merged in 1985 with Sovran Financial Corp., and Mr. Manderfield became president of its subsidiary Sovran Bank.

From Washington Post

Over the years, the event has been called the Washington Star International, the Sovran Bank Classic, the Washington Open, the Legg Mason Tennis Classic and the Citi Open as its central stadium has grown.

From Washington Post