| Pronunciation: | 'soozurin | ||
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| Matching Terms: | suzerainty | ||
 WordNet Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | [n] a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs | ||
| See Also: | body politic, commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica, state | ||
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | \Su"ze*rain\, n. [F., formed fr. sus above, L. susum,
sursum (fr. sub under + versum, p. p. of vertere to turn),
after the analogy of souverain, E. sovereign. See {Sub-}, and
{Verse}.]
A superior lord, to whom fealty is due; a feudal lord; a lord
paramount.
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