SUZERAIN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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