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suzerain::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | body politic, commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica, state |
Examples of suzerain
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As suzerain of Moldavia, John was favorably situated for attacking the Turks.
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A suzerain can also refer to a feudallord, to whom vassals must pay tribute.
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All other states were considered to be tributaries, under the suzerain rule of China.
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The estates, feeling that their rights were infringed, appealed to the suzerain of the country.
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A suzerain functioned like a king, and a vassal was like a dependent tenant, village, or state.
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At his death Guiscard was duke of Apulia and Calabria, prince of Salerno and suzerain of Sicily.
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Between 1289 and 1292, Bohemian king Wenceslaus II became suzerain of some Upper Silesian duchies.
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In reality, Korea had swapped one suzerain for another.
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These families held their fief in vassalage from a suzerain.
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- A state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs
- Suzerainty (or RP, or GA) occurs where a region or people is a tributary to a more powerful entity which controls its foreign affairs while allowing the tributary vassal state some limited domestic . ...
- A dominant nation or state which has control over the international affairs of a subservient state which has domestic autonomy; A feudal land-owner to whom peasants were forced to pledge allegiance; Pertaining to suzerain
- A ruler, esp. a feudal lord or baron (suzerainty) [F.]
- In the Middle Ages, the suzerain was a person who owned the right over another (called the vassal) who promised to fight and be loyal in return for being given land to live on.
- A feudal overlord. The king as suzerain was the highest feudal lord in the kingdom.
- A feudal lord; one member of the suzerain-vassal covenant popular in the Ancient Near East (NIV Study Bible).
- Sovereign, supreme. Having authority over.
- A vassal's lord's lord.
