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元首,独立国具有主权的,至高无上的,国王的,完全的

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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. (Zo["o]l.) Any butterfly of the tribe {Nymphalidi}, or
      genus {Basilarchia}, as the ursula and the viceroy.

   Syn: King; prince; monarch; potentate; emperor.

Sovereign \Sov"er*eign\ (? or ?; 277), a. [OE. soverain,
   sovereyn, OF. soverain, suvrain, F. souverain, LL. superanus,
   fr. L. superus that is above, upper, higher, fr. super above.
   See {Over}, {Super}, and cf. {Soprano}. The modern spelling
   is due to a supposed connection with reign.]
   1. Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others;
      chief; as, our sovereign prince.

   2. Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing,
      or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a
      sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.

   3. Princely; royal. ``Most sovereign name.'' --Shak.

            At Babylon was his sovereign see.     --Chaucer.

   4. Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.

            We acknowledge him [God] our sovereign good.
                                                  --Hooker.

   5. Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling;
      as, a sovereign remedy. --Dryden.

            Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the
            regulation of the lives and actions of men. --South.

   {Sovereign state}, a state which administers its own
      government, and is not dependent upon, or subject to,
      another power.

资料来源 : WordNet®

sovereign
     adj 1: of political bodies; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign
            state" [syn: {autonomous}, {independent}, {self-governing}]
     2: greatest in status or authority or power; "a supreme
        tribunal" [syn: {supreme}]

sovereign
     n : a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary
         right [syn: {crowned head}, {monarch}]