sub-sovereign

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌsʌbˈsɒv(ə)ɹɪn/|/ˌsʌbˈsɔːv(ə)ɹɪn/    美 /ˌsʌbˈsɔv(ə)ɹɪn/|/ˌsʌbˈsɑv(ə)ɹɪn/|/ˌsɐbˈsɔv(ə)ɹɪn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A subordinate sovereign. historical,rare
    — It might have been done, in the firſt place, as an inſtance of her great deference and reſpect to the Lord Treaſurer Burleigh, perhaps, the firſt man, and miniſter, of his age; and to prove, that, though ſhe [sc. Queen Elizabeth] was ſovereign of the whole Kingdom, that every man, according to the laws of her realm, was a ſort of ſub-ſovereign, in his own caſtle, and over his own domains.

词形变化

sub-sovereigns plural

词源

From sub- + sovereign. First attested in 1797.
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