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SUZERAIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does suzerain mean?
• SUZERAIN (noun)
The noun SUZERAIN has 1 sense:
1. a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs
Familiarity information: SUZERAIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("suzerain" is a kind of...):
body politic; commonwealth; country; land; nation; res publica; state (a politically organized body of people under a single government)
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