单词 | suzerain |
释义 | suzerainn.adj. a. A feudal overlord. In later use, with reference to international relations, a sovereign or a state having supremacy over another state which possesses its own ruler or government but cannot act as an independent power. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > person or state ruling over another mistressa1393 overrulera1586 suzerain1807 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > lord > [noun] > feudal lord > feudal overlord palatine1560 lord paramount1579 paramount1616 suzerain1807 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > lord > [adjective] > feudal > superior suzerain1853 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [adjective] > person or state ruling over another suzerain1870 1807 C. Butler Hist. Revol. Empire Germany iii. (1812) 53 The king was called the Sovereign lord; his immediate vassal was called the Suzereign; and the tenants holding of him were called the arrière vassals. 1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) iv. ii. 114 A chief in armour is their Suzerain. 1825 W. Scott Talisman xi, in Tales Crusaders III. 265 He answers me ever with cold respects of their relations together as suzerain and vassal. 1853 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages (ed. 10) I. 125 He was constituted..a sort of suzerain, without whose consent the younger brothers could do nothing important. 1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity IV. ix. v. 96 That vague..sovereignty which gave the right of interfering in all the affairs of the realm, as Suzerain as well as Spiritual Father. 1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. cxxvi. 81 Two semi-barbarous tribes,..to the great discomfort of the power which professes to be their suzerain, quarrel. 1870 H. P. Liddon Some Elements Relig. (1881) ii. 56 Egypt was governed by a practically independent Viceroy; the Suzerain's name was mentioned rarely, or only in a formal way. b. attributive or adj., as suzerain lord, suzerain power, suzerain state. ΚΠ 1853 M. Kelly tr. J. E. A. Gosselin Power of Pope II. 99 They may hold it in peace, and maintain therein the pure Catholic faith, saving the rights of the suzerain lord. 1868 J. F. Kirk Hist. Charles the Bold III. iv. vii. 120 Sharing the possessions of the house of Burgundy between the two suzerain crowns from which they had been originally derived. 1898 Daily News 14 May 6/4 Mr. Kotze had frequently said that there was no Suzerain Power, but the first thing he did after issuing his manifesto was to appeal to England. Derivatives ˈsuzerainship n. suzerainty. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > lord > [noun] > feudal lord > feudal overlord > position of suzerainty1823 suzerainship1828 1828 G. S. Faber Sacred Cal. Prophecy II. iii. ii. 67 The imperial superiority of suzerainship of Charlemagne. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.adj.1807 |
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