Found 3 items, similar to sovereign.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: sovereign berdaulat, berkuasa, syah
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sovereign sovereign adj 1: of political bodies; “an autonomous judiciary”; “a sovereign state” [syn: autonomous, independent, self-governing] 2: greatest in status or authority or power; “a supreme tribunal” [syn: supreme] sovereign n : a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right [syn: crowned head, monarch]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sovereign Sovereign \Sov"er*eign\ (? or ?; 277), a. [OE. soverain, sovereyn, OF. soverain, suvrain, F. souverain, LL. superanus, fr. L. superus that is above, upper, higher, fr. super above. See Over, Super, and cf. Soprano. The modern spelling is due to a supposed connection with reign.] 1. Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince. [1913 Webster] 2. Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion. [1913 Webster] 3. Princely; royal. “Most sovereign name.” --Shak. [1913 Webster] At Babylon was his sovereign see. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 4. Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount. [1913 Webster] We acknowledge him [God] our sovereign good. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] 5. Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the regulation of the lives and actions of men. --South. [1913 Webster] Sovereign state, a state which administers its own government, and is not dependent upon, or subject to, another power. [1913 Webster] Sovereign \Sov"er*eign\ (? or ?; 277), n. 1. The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor. [1913 Webster] No question is to be made but that the bed of the Mississippi belongs to the sovereign, that is, to the nation. --Jefferson. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo["o]l.) Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy. [1913 Webster] Syn: King; prince; monarch; potentate; emperor. [1913 Webster]