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 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)
Being acquainted with the deleterious effects of a malarious tropical atmosphere, we secured a pair of overalls, advertised as sovran for 'all-overishness,' the dreaded curse of an African climate.
From He by Pollock, Walter Herries
He would trust sovran Athena who had plucked him out of one death to deliver from a second.
From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns
As if we stoop'd our sovran crown, or held it As vassal from the greatest king alive!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various
No child of earth, born of the Sage's will, The fair nymph Mená pleased the sovran hill.
From The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa by Kalidasa
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