sovran
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of sovran
1625–35; alteration of sovereign, modeled on Italian sovrano
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It lacked the fresh, happy, sunlit spirit of Shakespeare's sovran word.
From Leaves in the Wind by A. G. (Alfred George) Gardiner
Whence knew I the deep sense that in the soul Is thrill’d and thrall’d by perfect beauty’s sight, If never beauty did myself control With all the mastery of sovran might?
From Sonnets of Shakespeare's Ghost by Willem Blaeu
The deadly sin in any book is dulness, and an occasional anecdote—if it point a moral so much the better—is sovran balsam for spleen.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by John Augustus O'Shea
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 Matthew Arnold
Thou first and chief, sole sovran of the Vale!
From Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation by Katherine Jewell Everts
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