SOVEREIGN
Sov"er*eign ( or ; 277), n.
1. The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor. No question is to be made but that the bed of the Mississippi belongs to the sovereign, that is, to the nation. Jefferson.
2. A gold coin of Great Britain, on which an effigy of the head of the reigning king or queen is stamped, valued at one pound sterling, or about $4.86.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
Syn.
— King; prince; monarch; potentate; emperor.
SOVEREIGNIZE
Sov"er*eign*ize, v. i.
Defn: To exercise supreme authority. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
SOVEREIGNLY
Sov"er*eign*ly, adv.
Defn: In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely.
Chaucer.