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单词 suzerain
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suzerainn.adj.

/ˈs(j)uːzərən/
Forms: (Also suzereign.)
Etymology: < French suzerain, older s(o)userain , apparently < sus above, up ( < Latin sūsum , sursum , < sub from below, up + vorsum , versum , past participle of vertĕre to turn), after souverain sovereign n. and 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.
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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.
figurative.1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone ii The fact of his father..having always been suzerain among his women at home.
b. attributive or adj., as suzerain lord, suzerain power, suzerain state.
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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.
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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.
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