Results for sovereign

Definitions of sovereign:

part of speech: noun

A ruler, as a king, emperor, or queen; a British gold coin equal to $ 4. 8665; called also a pound.

part of speech: noun

A supreme ruler: a monarch: an English gold coin-$ 4. 86, gold standard.

part of speech: adjective

Royal; supreme in power; possessing supreme dominion or authority; unrestricted; as, sovereign rights; effectual; as, a sovereign remedy.

part of speech: noun

An emperor; a king; a monarch; a supreme ruler; an English gold coin of the value of 20s.

part of speech: adjective

Supreme in power or efficacy; chief; having no superior.

part of speech: adjective

Supreme: possessing supreme power or dominion: superior to all others: utmost.

Usage examples for sovereign:

• There's a sovereign for you; another if you succeed. "Lucretia, Complete", Edward Bulwer-Lytton

• With tears in his poor old eyes, he had been forced to confess that he had come to his last sovereign "The Intriguers", William Le Queux

• You boys want to earn a sovereign "Love Stories", Mary Roberts Rinehart