Sovereign
Definition of Sovereign
Sov´er`eign | a. | 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.At Babylon was his sovereign see. - Chaucer. | | 4. | Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount. | | 5. | Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy. | | n. | 1. | The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor. | | 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. | (Zool.) Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy. |
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