SOVEREIGN
\sˈɒvəɹˌɪn], \sˈɒvəɹˌɪn], \s_ˈɒ_v_ə_ɹ_ˌɪ_n]\
Definitions of SOVEREIGN
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
Sort: Oldest first
-
Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince.
-
Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.
-
Princely; royal.
-
Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
-
Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy.
-
The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor.
-
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.
By Oddity Software
-
Royal; supreme in power; possessing supreme dominion or authority; unrestricted; as, sovereign rights; effectual; as, a sovereign remedy.
-
A ruler, as a king, emperor, or queen; a British gold coin equal to $4.8665; called also a pound.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
-
Supreme: possessing supreme power or dominion: superior to all others: utmost.
-
A supreme ruler: a monarch: an English gold coin-$4.86, gold standard.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
-
Possessing supreme dominion; superior to all others; supreme; effectual.
-
A supreme ruler; a king, queen, or emperor; a gold coin, value 20s.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
Word of the day
Nuclear Fissions
- Nuclear reaction in which the nucleus of heavy atom such as uranium plutonium is split into two approximately equal parts by a neutron, charged particle, or photon.