sovereign
/ˈsɒv.ɹɪn/ · noun
Meaning
- A monarch; the ruler of a country.
- One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation.
- A gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling but in practice used as a bullion coin.
- A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33⅓ standard bottles.
- Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalini, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
- A large, garish ring; a sovereign ring.
- To rule over as a sovereign.
- Exercising power of rule.
- Exceptional in quality.
- Extremely potent or effective (of a medicine, remedy etc.).
- Having supreme, ultimate power.
- Princely; royal.
- Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
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