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👑 A supreme ruler 👑 Having highest authority
sovran

sovran

1 9.9
A king or queen with complete power over a country
  • noun
  • /ˈsɑvrən/
  • Archaic
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  • In ancient times, a sovran ruled with absolute power over his kingdom.

Examples

  • The sovran made a decree that would change the laws of the land.

  • The subjects honored their sovran, who had guided them through many challenges.

  • Gino Sovran

    Academic text (2001)

Synonyms

king
vssovran
∞ 1.0

A man who rules a country and usually gets the job from his family

is an older word for any supreme ruler, not only males
ruler
vssovran
153 2.1

A person who has power over a country or its people

is an older, more elevated term for supreme governing authority
monarch
vssovran
41 5.1

A king or queen who rules a country and usually gets the job by birth

is an older word for that supreme hereditary authority
sovereign
vssovran
40 7.2

A king or queen who rules a country and gets the position from their family

is an archaic term for the same supreme hereditary authority
overlord
vssovran
21 8.4

A person who has great power and controls a country or people

is an archaic name for the supreme state leader, not only a dominator
autocrat
vssovran
8 8.3

A ruler who has all power and treats people cruelly

is an older neutral term for supreme rule without cruelty implication
autarch
vssovran
  • Formal
3 9.9

A ruler who has complete power over a country and its people

is an archaic term for supreme authority not focused on power style
potestate
vssovran
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who has power to rule a city or region

is an older term meaning supreme state authority rather than general power

How Powerful

autocrat
8 8.3
sovran
  • Archaic
1 9.9
ruler
153 2.1
leader
∞ 1.0
official
∞ 2.3
commoner
31 4.2

Surface Forms

sovran singular
sovrans plural

Etymology

Sovran as a noun names a ruler and is the old form of sovereign, from a word like super- meaning 'above' or 'highest'. That is why a sovran is the person who rules above everyone else, the supreme leader.