sovereign  /s'ɑvrən/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  sovereign
  元首,獨立國(a.)具有主權的,至高無上的,國王的,完全的

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  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.
  
              No question is to be made but that the bed of the
              Mississippi belongs to the sovereign, that is, to
              the nation.                           --Jefferson.
  
     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.
  
     3. (Zo["o]l.) Any butterfly of the tribe {Nymphalidi}, or
        genus {Basilarchia}, as the ursula and the viceroy.
  
     Syn: King; prince; monarch; potentate; emperor.

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  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.
  
     2. Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing,
        or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a
        sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.
  
     3. Princely; royal. ``Most sovereign name.'' --Shak.
  
              At Babylon was his sovereign see.     --Chaucer.
  
     4. Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
  
              We acknowledge him [God] our sovereign good.
                                                    --Hooker.
  
     5. Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling;
        as, a sovereign remedy. --Dryden.
  
              Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the
              regulation of the lives and actions of men. --South.
  
     {Sovereign state}, a state which administers its own
        government, and is not dependent upon, or subject to,
        another power.

資料來源(4): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  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}]
       n : a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary
           right [syn: {crowned head}, {monarch}]