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sovereign
  1. A monarch; the ruler of a country.
  2. One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation.
  3. A gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling but in practice used as a bullion coin.
  4. A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33⅓ standard bottles.
  5. Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalini, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
  6. (Britain, slang) A large, garish ring; a sovereign ring.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “I say on constitutional principles acknowledged by all, questioned by none, that the British sovereign who does this, forfeits the allegiance of the British people.”
sovereignty
  1. (of a polity) The state of making laws and controlling resources without the coercion of other nations.
  2. (of a ruler) Supreme authority over all things.
  3. (of a person) The liberty to decide one's thoughts and actions.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “They want to have complete sovereignty over the world. They want to control every aspect of it, dictate to every person how to think, live, and function.”
      “In 1908, that the country gained full sovereignty following its unilateral declaration of independence.”
      “The island is part of the sovereignty of Chile, and in 1916 joined the administration of the commune of Valparaiso.”
sovereignism
  1. A doctrine which supports acquiring or preserving political independence of a nation or a region. It opposes federalism and approaches independentism movements.
  2. In Europe it may refer also to the defence of the sovereignty of individual countries in the face of broader European or European Union integration
sovereigntist
  1. (politics) A supporter of political independence for Quebec from Canada.
  2. A supporter of sovereignism.
  3. Examples:
    1. “I am a Canadian sovereigntist, and the same people who exploit the world exploit my country.”
      “The party will rule in coalition with the small centre-right and sovereigntist To Potami Party.”
      “It was one of the first opportunities to bring together federalist and sovereigntist legislators in a parliamentary forum.”
sovereignist
  1. Alternative spelling of sovereigntist
sovereigntism
  1. Alternative form of sovereignism
sovereigness
  1. (rare) A female sovereign.
sovereignness
  1. The quality of being sovereign.
sovereigntists
  1. plural of sovereigntist
  2. Examples:
    1. “Politics, sovereigntists claim, is the struggle for the right to govern, and hence for the right to control the state.”
      “When did sovereigntists say they wanted to split apart the other nine provinces?”
      “Kashmiri sovereigntists have only the larger world community to appeal to in their quest for an independent Kashmir.”
sovereignists
  1. plural of sovereignist
sovereignesses
  1. plural of sovereigness
sovereignties
  1. plural of sovereignty
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It took from the fourteenth to the nineteenth century for Europeans to achieve peaceful sovereignties with peaceful transitions of power.”
      “According to federalist doctrine, the states are separate sovereignties, not subordinate but equal to the national government.”
      “According to Davies, Medieval Ireland was less a unitary commonwealth after the pattern of England than a clustered multitude of sovereignties.”
sovereigns
  1. plural of sovereign
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A mere 17 gold bars, 30 silver ingots and 14,929 sovereigns were unaccounted for.”
      “She immediately rejected proposals that she become sole ruler and, in April 1689, she and William were crowned joint sovereigns of England.”
      “In free governments, the rulers are the servants and the people their superiors and sovereigns.”
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