sovereign

n. இறைவன், முடிமன்னன், மீமுதல்வர், தனியுரிமை ஆட்சி முதல்வர், ஆங்கிலப் பொன் நாணயம், கட்டளைத் தங்கக்காசு, (பெ.) இறைமையுடைய, தனியுரிமை ஆட்சியுடைய, முதன்மை நிலையுடைய, இறைமை சான்ற, மீமுதன்மையுடைய, தலைமை உரிமை சார்ந்த, தனியாணை செலுத்துகிற, உயர்வற உயர்ந்த, தனியாற்றலுடைய, வல்லமை சான்ற, மிக நல்ல.

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Sov"er*eign ( or ; 277), a. Etym: [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. 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. (Zoöl.) Defn: Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy. Syn. -- King; prince; monarch; potentate; emperor.