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Definition of sovereign
- 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.