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suzerain


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Suzerain  \Su"ze*rain\,  n.  [F.,  formed  fr  sus  above,  L.  susum, 
  sursum  (fr.  sub  under  +  versum  p.  p.  of  vertere  to  turn), 
  after  the  analogy  of  souverain  E.  sovereign.  See  {Sub-},  and 
  {Verse}.] 
  A  superior  lord,  to  whom  fealty  is  due;  a  feudal  lord;  a  lord 
  paramount. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  suzerain 
  n  :  a  state  exercising  a  degree  of  dominion  over  a  dependent 
  state  especially  in  its  foreign  affairs 




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