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SUZERAIN
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("suzerain" is a kind of...):
body politic; commonwealth; country; land; nation; res publica; state (a politically organized body of people under a single government)