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Definition sovereign

Etymology

From Middle English sovereyn, from Old French soverain (whence also modern French souverain), from Vulgar Latin *super?nus (compare Italian sovrano, Spanish soberano) from Latin super (�above�). Spelling influenced by folk-etymology association with reign. Doublet of soprano, from the same Latin root via Italian. See also suzerain, foreign.

Adjective

sovereign (comparative more sovereign, superlative most sovereign)

1. Exercising power of rule.
2. Exceptional in quality.
3. (now rare) Extremely potent or effective (of a medicine, remedy etc.).
4. Having supreme, ultimate power.
5. Princely; royal.
6. Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.

Noun

sovereign (plural sovereigns)

1. A monarch; the ruler of a country.
2. One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation.
3. A gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling but in practice used as a bullion coin.
4. A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33? standard bottles.
5. Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalini, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
6. (Britain, slang) A large, garish ring; a sovereign ring.

Verb

sovereign (third-person singular simple present sovereigns, present participle sovereigning, simple past and past participle sovereigned)

1. (transitive) To rule over as a sovereign.

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