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Definition of: suzerain
(s
′zə·rān, -rin) noun
1. One invested with superior or paramount authority; formerly, a feudal lord.
2. A nation having paramount control over a locally autonomous region.
—adjective Sovereign; supreme. [<F sus above <L susum, sursum upwards; on analogy with souverain a sovereign]
—su′ze·rain·ty noun
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