sovereignnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsɒv.ər.ɪn/us/ˈsɑːv.rən/sovereign noun [ C ] (RULER)
a king or queen
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Royalty, aristocracy & titles
- accession
- archduke
- aristocracy
- aristocrat
- baron
- ennoble
- er
- esquire
- grace
- hereditary peer
- monarchist
- Mr
- Mrs
- nobility
- noble
- sheikh
- sire
- squire
- sultan
- throne
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Leaders of national & regional governments
sovereign noun [ C ] (COIN)
a British gold coin that was in use in Britain from 1817 to 1914 and was worth £1
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British money
- bit
- bob
- crown
- farthing
- fiver
- guinea
- pence
- penny
- penny
- pound
- pound sign
- pound sterling
- quid
- sixpenny
- smacker
- tenner
- threepence
- tuppence
- tuppenny
- twopenny
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sovereignadjective
uk/ˈsɒv.ər.ɪn/us/ˈsɑːv.rən/sovereign adjective (GOVERNMENT)
[ before noun ] having the highest power or being completely independent:
Sovereign power is said to lie with the people in some countries, and with a ruler in others.
We must respect the rights of sovereign states/nations to conduct their own affairs.
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Politics - general words
- a political football idiom
- apolitical
- communism
- con
- conservative
- leftist
- Leninism
- Lib Dem
- liberal
- Liberal Democrats
- political science
- politicize
- politics
- polity
- populism
- the National Front
- the Third Way
- Tory
- tour of duty
- usurp
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sovereign adjective (EXCELLENT)
sovereign remedy UK old-fashioned or formal
an extremely successful way of dealing with a problem:
Love is a sovereign remedy for unhappiness.
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Successful (things or people)
- a heavy hitter idiom
- achiever
- alive
- alpha male
- ascendant
- chart
- fly
- have sth in your pocket idiom
- have the world at your feet idiom
- healthy
- high-flyer
- high-flying
- lion
- ride
- roll
- to have arrived idiom
- top-rated
- tried
- triumphant
- up and down idiom
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