sovran
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of sovran
1625–35; alteration of sovereign, modeled on Italian sovrano
Example Sentences
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The Demos was indeed 'the sovran people,' but sovran in the sense of a tyrant, or irresponsible ruler, as Aristophanes tells the Athenians.
From Problems in Greek history by Mahaffy, John Pentland
So long he seems to pause On thy bald awful head, O sovran Blanc!
From Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation by Everts, Katherine Jewell
It displeases me to think it possible that a subject should ever become a sovran.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 by Various
The opening passage of 'Œdipus the King,' when the chorus appeals to the sovran to remove the curse that hangs over the city, is as potent on the eye as on the ear.
From A Book About the Theater by Matthews, Brander
He ascribes the creation of the sovran Demos living at Athens on salaries for public duties, not to Pericles, but to Aristides.
From Problems in Greek history by Mahaffy, John Pentland
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