SOVEREIGN


Meaning of SOVEREIGN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sɒvrɪn ]

( sovereigns)

1.

A sovereign state or country is independent and not under the authority of any other country.

The Russian Federation declared itself to be a sovereign republic.

= autonomous

ADJ : usu ADJ n

2.

Sovereign is used to describe the person or institution that has the highest power in a country.

Sovereign power will continue to lie with the Supreme People’s Assembly.

ADJ

3.

A sovereign is a king, queen, or other royal ruler of a country.

In March 1889, she became the first British sovereign to set foot on Spanish soil.

= monarch

N-COUNT

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