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