adj princely; royal.
2. sovereign ·adj predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
3. sovereign ·adj efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy.
4. sovereign ·adj supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince.
5. sovereign ·noun any butterfly of the tribe nymphalidi, or genus basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
6. sovereign ·noun the person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor.
7. sovereign ·noun 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.
8. sovereign ·adj independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.