Sovereignnoun詞源 1

• 1

  The title of a monarch.

  • To the security of the Protestant interests—to the security of the Protestant Church—it is not only our duty, as Members of the British Parliament, to pay particular attention, but, it is also the particular duty of the Sovereign himself.
• 2

  God, the supreme being who has power over all creation.

  • Alas! and did my Saviour bleed? / And did my Sovereign dye?
  • My Sov'reign, to thy throne, / With humble hope I preſs, / O bow thine ear to hear the groan / Of indigent diſtreſs.

Sovereignname詞源 2

• 1

  A surname from German.

sovereignadj/ˈsɒv.ɹɪn/

• 1

  Exercising power of rule.

  • sovereign nation
  • Native American nations have often been described as sovereign nations, although as regards present-day diplomacy they are, more precisely speaking, autonomous.
• 2

  Exercising power of rule.

  • Near-synonym: supreme
  • sovereign country
• 3

  Exceptional in quality.

  • Her voice was her sovereign talent.
• 4

  archaicmedicinepharmacologysciencesExtremely potent or effective (of a medicine, remedy etc.).

  • The ſoueraigne weede betwixt two marbles plaine She pownded ſmall, and did in peeces bruze, And then atweene her lilly handes twaine, Into his wound the iuyce thereof did ſcruze […]
  • […] God save the mark!— And telling me the sovereign’st thing on earth Was parmaceti for an inward bruise;
• 5

  Princely; royal.

  • You pity not the state, nor the remembrance of his most sovereign name.
• 6

  Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.

  • We acknowledge him [God] our sovereign good.

sovereignnoun/ˈsɒv.ɹɪn/

• 1

  A monarch: a supreme ruler of a country in a monarchical system.

  • The petty ſtreames that paie a dailie det To their ſalt ſoveraigne with their freſh fals haſt, Adde to his flowe, but alter not his taſt.
  • Is this the Region, this the Soil, the Clime, Said then the lost Archangel, this the seat That we must change for Heaven?, this mournful gloom For that celestial light? Be it so, since hee Who now is Sovran can dispose and bid What shall be right : fardest from him is best Whom reason hath equald, force hath made supream Above his equals. […]
• 2

  One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation.

• 3

  A gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling but in practice used as a bullion coin.

• 4

  A former Australian gold coin, minted from 1855–1931, of one pound value.

• 5

  A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33+¹⁄₃ standard bottles.

• 6

  Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalini, or genus Basilarchia, eg., ursula, viceroy.

• 7

  slangA large, garish ring; a sovereign ring.

  • No, someone who wears loads of sovereigns as well loads of gold and has uh a curly perm and peroxide blonde hair, orange, orange sunbed skin and a fringe like this blow-dried to death, that’s a ‘scally’.
  • No visible tattoos, sovereigns, mismatched jewellery, scrunchies, large clips or hoop earrings.

sovereignverb/ˈsɒv.ɹɪn/

• 1

  To rule over as a sovereign.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• sovereign citizen