suzerainty
Americannoun
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the position or authority of a suzerain.
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the domain or area subject to a suzerain.
noun
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the position, power, or dignity of a suzerain
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the relationship between suzerain and subject
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Etymology
Origin of suzerainty
1815–25; < French suzeraineté, Middle French suserenete, equivalent to suseren suzerain + -ete -ity
Example Sentences
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Today, he is the absolute ruler of an impoverished but militarily dangerous nation protected by his own arms and the suzerainty of China.
From Washington Post ● May 1, 2018
Iberia, much of Italy, the Low Countries, the Americas from California and Florida to Buenos Aires, the Caribbean and the Philippines were all under his suzerainty.
From Economist ● Jul. 10, 2014
Since Norway was at the time under Danish suzerainty, and Finland was a province of Sweden, this made all Scandinavia into the Protestant stronghold it remains to this day.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2014
Facebook’s suzerainty over its platform partners neither makes a lot of friends nor influences people.
From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2014
Accordingly on March 12, 1898, I wrote him at length stating that perhaps the impending war with Spain could be averted if we proposed to Spain a plan of suzerainty.
From Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft by Straus, Oscar S.
Then, during the Cambrian explosion, “The denizens of the seas grew to an inch, then a foot, then a meter, in the form of terrifying fishes that established suzerainties in the depths.”
From The New Yorker ● May 9, 2016
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