Meaning suzerain
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suzerain"sovereign, ruler," 1807, from French suzerain (14c., Old French suserain), noun use of adjective meaning "sovereign but not supreme," from adverb sus "up, above," on ana [..]
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suzerainA feudal overlord. The king as suzerain was the highest feudal lord in the kingdom. (Waugh, Scott. England in the Reign of Edward III, 238)
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suzerain(n) a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs
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suzerainA feudal lord; one member of the suzerain-vassal covenant
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