The meaning of SOVEREIGN is one (such as a king or queen) possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty. How to use sovereign in a sentence.

SOVEREIGN definition: a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler. See examples of sovereign used in a sentence.

(Definition of sovereign from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Sovereign is a title that can be applied to the highest leader in various categories. The word is borrowed from Old French souverain, which is ultimately derived from the Latin superānus, …

1. Self-governing; independent: a sovereign state. 2. Having supreme rank or power: a sovereign prince. 3. Paramount; supreme: Her sovereign virtue is compassion.

A sovereign is a king, queen, or other royal ruler of a country. The British sovereign is also the head of the Church of England.

A citizen of the United States of America, considered after independence from Britain as having supreme authority in place of the monarch; a member of the sovereign people of the United …

Definition of sovereign noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Sovereign as an adjective can be used to indicate the ultimate power of a state, whether a monarchy or not, as in "Peru exercised its sovereign rights to all minerals within its borders." A …

Government a group or body of persons or a state having sovereign authority. Currency a gold coin of the United Kingdom, equal to one pound sterling: went out of circulation after 1914.