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suzerainenUK
su·ze·rain S0927500 (so͞o′zər-ən, -zə-rān′)n.1. A nation that controls another nation in international affairs but allows it domestic sovereignty.2. A feudal lord to whom fealty was due.
[French, from Old French suserain : probably sus, up (from Latin sūrsum, sūsum, upward, from *subsvorsum, turned upward : subs-, sub-, from under; see sub- + vorsum, neuter of vorsus, variant of versus, past participle of vertere, to turn; see versus) + souverein, sovereign; see sovereign.]
su′ze·rain adj.suzerain (ˈsuːzəˌreɪn) n1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a. a state or sovereign exercising some degree of dominion over a dependent state, usually controlling its foreign affairsb. (as modifier): a suzerain power. 2. (Historical Terms) a. a feudal overlordb. (as modifier): suzerain lord. [C19: from French, from sus above (from Latin sursum turned upwards, from sub- up + vertere to turn) + -erain, as in souverain sovereign]su•ze•rain (ˈsu zə rɪn, -ˌreɪn)
n. 1. a sovereign or a state exercising political control over a dependent state. 2. a feudal overlord. adj. 3. characteristic of or being a suzerain. [1800–10; < French, =sus above (< Latin sūsum, variant of sursum, contraction of subversum, neuter of subversus upturned; see sub-, verse) + (souv)erain sovereign] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | suzerain - a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairsbody politic, country, nation, res publica, commonwealth, state, land - a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land" |
TranslationssuzerainenUK
suzerain1. a. a state or sovereign exercising some degree of dominion over a dependent state, usually controlling its foreign affairs b. (as modifier): a suzerain power 2. a. a feudal overlord b. (as modifier): suzerain lord Suzerain in medieval Western Europe, a superior feudal lord, or seigneur, of a territory (for example, a king, duke, or prince) who is sovereign over the vassals in his domain (seeVASSALAGE). The authority of a suzerain derives from his power to grant fiefs to vassals. suzerainenUK
Words related to suzerainnoun a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairsRelated Words- body politic
- country
- nation
- res publica
- commonwealth
- state
- land
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