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sov-er-eign (sov'rin, sov'uhr in, suv'-) n.
1. a monarch or other supreme ruler.
2. a person who has sovereign power or
authority.
3. a body of persons or a state having
sovereign authority.
4. a gold coin of the United Kingdom, equal
to one pound sterling: went out of
circulation after 1914.
[1250-1300; ME soverain < OF < VL * superanus = L
super- SUPER - + -anus - AN 1]
regards,
Tom Walker
http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/worksite.htm
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Potentially misleading. My Webster's says "supreme power esp.
over a body politic," which means the topographical location
is the correct latitude, but the wrong longitude. In the
sense of regnant, or exercising rule, as it were.
mbs
