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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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
By the power in me of the sovran soul Whose thoughts keep pace yet with the angel's march, I charge you into silence—trample you Down to obedience.
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
Good Ferdinand the Third, born for the sovran crown.
From Vondel's Lucifer by Vondel, Joost van den
The Druids, as we have seen from Cæsar, whose observations are entirely confirmed by Strabo and by references in Irish legends,25 were the really sovran power in Celtica.
From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)
Come," you say, "the brain is seeking, While the sovran heart is dead; Yet this glean'd, when Gods were speaking, Rarer secrets than the toiling head.
From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Arnold, Matthew
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