Sovereign
['sɒvrɪn] or ['sɑvrən]
Definition
(noun.) a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right.
(adj.) greatest in status or authority or power; 'a supreme tribunal' .
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Definition
(a.) Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince.
(a.) Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.
(a.) Princely; royal.
(a.) Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
(a.) Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy.
(n.) The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor.
(n.) A gold coin of Great Britain, on which an effigy of the head of the reigning king or queen is stamped, valued at one pound sterling, or about $4.86.
(n.) Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Supreme, regal, royal, imperial, monarchical.[2]. Chief, predominant, principal.[3]. Efficacious, effectual.
n. Monarch, autocrat, potentate, despot, king, emperor, prince, lord, queen, supreme ruler.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Paramount, supreme, primary, chief, certain, efficacious, principal,predominant, superior, imperial, regal
ANT:Inferior, ministerial, subservient, subordinate, subject, secondary, weak,uncertain, inefficient, inefficacious
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Definition
adj. supreme: possessing supreme power or dominion: superior to all others: utmost: most efficacious—(Milt.) Sov′ran.—n. a supreme ruler: a monarch: a gold coin=20s.—v.t. to rule over as a sovereign.—adj. Sov′ereignest (Shak.) most effectual.—adv. Sov′ereignly in a sovereign manner: in the highest degree: supremely.—n. Sov′ereignty supreme power: dominion.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a sovereign, denotes increasing prosperity and new friends.
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Examples
- I would offer you a sovereign for the use of a bicycle. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- But the revenue of the sovereign does not, in any part of Europe, arise chiefly from a land tax or land rent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In those days the principal expense of the sovereign seems to have consisted in the maintenance of his own family and household. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He made war according to his own discretion, frequently against his neighbours, and sometimes against his sovereign. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Of the Expense of supporting the Dignity of the Sovereign. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But I'll have a sovereign on with you, just to teach you not to be obstinate. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I wish I had only offered you a sovereign instead of ten pounds. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- This country vendor of hair was to become one of the world’s great inventors, and to kneel before his sovereign for the accolade that was to make him knight. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- No incitement to the attention of the sovereign can ever counterbalance the smallest discouragement to that of the landlord. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I have advanced to a certain distance, as far as the true and sovereign and undegraded nature of my kind permits; now here I stand rooted. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Again, what community is it that is to own the collective property; is it to be the sovereign or the township or the county or the nation or mankind? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There must be something, too, in its dews which heals with sovereign balm. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The greater the revenue of the people, therefore, the greater the annual produce of their land and labour, the more they can afford to the sovereign. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The incapacity of the sovereign had developed the powers of the premier. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Hence the degradation which the Colonel had almost suffered, of being obliged to enter the presence of his Sovereign in a hack cab. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- All the ancient sovereigns of Europe, accordingly, it has already been observed, had treasures. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- As sovereigns, their interest is exactly the same with that of the country which they govern. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The rent of the crown lands constituted for a long time the greater part of the revenue of the ancient sovereigns of Europe. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This went on day after day, Mr. Holmes, and on Saturday the manager came in and planked down four golden sovereigns for my week's work. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He thrust his hand into a side-pocket; and producing a canvas bag, told out twenty-five sovereigns on the table, and pushed them over to the woman. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Down went another of the reddleman's sovereigns against his first one which Wildeve laid. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Treasure-trove was, in these times, considered as no contemptible part of the revenue of the greatest sovereigns in Europe. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Well, when sovereigns were flying about, why shouldn't he catch a few? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- They did nothing to develop the consciousness of a world commonweal overriding sovereigns and foreign offices. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But a company of merchants, are, it seems, incapable of considering themselves as sovereigns, even after they have become such. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- They can be turned into sovereigns at any moment. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The right of conquest may be considered as a third source of the title of sovereigns. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Sikes, snatching it from him, hastily opened it; and proceeded to count the sovereigns it contained. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Doodle has found that he must throw himself upon the country, chiefly in the form of sovereigns and beer. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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