sovereign

1. a. Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince. Source: opted

2. a. Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion. Source: opted

3. a. Princely; royal. Source: opted

4. a. Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount. Source: opted

5. a. Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy. Source: opted

6. n. The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor. Source: opted

7. 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. Source: opted

8. n. Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy. Source: opted

9. adj. (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces Source: wordnet

10. adj. greatest in status or authority or power Source: wordnet

11. n. a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right Source: wordnet

12. 1. Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince. 2. Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion. 3. Princely; royal. "Most sovereign name." Shak. At Babylon was his sovereign see. Chaucer. 4. Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount. We acknowledge him [God] our sovereign good. Hooker. 5. Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy. Dryden. Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the regulation of the lives and actions of men. South. Sovereign state, a state which administers its own government, and is not dependent upon, or subject to, another power. 1. The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor. No question is to be made but that the bed of the Mississippi belongs to the sovereign, that is, to the nation. Jefferson. 2. 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. 3. (Zoöl.) Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy. Syn. -- King; prince; monarch; potentate; emperor. Source: webster

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