单词 | suzerainty |
释义 | suzerainty From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Governmentsuzeraintysu‧ze‧rainty /ˈsuːzəreɪnti $ -rənti, -reɪnti/ noun [uncountable] formalPGthe right of a country or leader to rule over another countryExamples from the Corpussuzerainty• To the east lay border regions - Berry and Auvergne - where even the Duke's nominal suzerainty was at times doubtful.• He did not ask for independence and never attempted to repudiate the suzerainty of the sultan.Origin suzerainty (1800-1900) French suzerainté, from an unrecorded Old French suserain “ruler”, from sus “up” + -erain (as in soverain “sovereign”) |
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