Suzerain Definition

so͝ozər-ən, -zə-rān
noun
A nation that controls another nation in international affairs but allows it domestic sovereignty.
American Heritage
A feudal lord.
Webster's New World
A state in its relation to a semiautonomous state over which it exercises political control.
Webster's New World
adjective
Pertaining to suzerain.
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Other Word Forms of Suzerain

Noun

Singular:
suzerain
Plural:
suzerains

Origin of Suzerain

  • French from Old French suserain probably sus up (from Latin sūrsum, sūsum upward) (from subsvorsum turned upward) (subs-, sub- from under sub–) (vorsum) (neuter of vorsus) (variant of versus) (past participle of vertere to turn versus) souverein sovereign sovereign

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French suzerain, based on sus (“up, above") (< Latin sursum) with the ending of souverain (English sovereign).

    From Wiktionary

Suzerain Sentence Examples

  • Thus conceived as the holder of a great fief, the king had only the rights of suzerain over the four great baronies and the twelve minor fiefs of his kingdom.

  • The grand khan was the lord paramount or suzerain of the Russian princes, and he had the force required for making his authority respected.

  • But Osman remained firm in his allegiance, and by repeated victories over the Greeks revived the drooping glories of his suzerain.

  • As representing the pope, the suzerain of Henry, he claimed the regency and actually divided the chief power with William Marshal, earl of Pembroke.

  • By a treaty made between Great Britain and Siam in 1902 the northern Malay states of the peninsula were admitted to lie within the Siamese sphere of influence, but by a treaty of 1909 Siam ceded her suzerain rights over the states of Kelantan, Trengganu, Kedah and Perlis to Britain.

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Words Starting With

SSUSUZ

Words Ending With

NINAIN

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Words Starting With S and Ending With N

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