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Definition: Suzerain |
SuzerainNoun1. A state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "suzerain" was first used: sometime around 1300. (references) |
Etymology: Suzerain \Su"ze*rain\, noun. [French expression, formed from sus above, from Latin expression susum, sursum (from sub under versum, past participle of vertere to turn), after the analogy of souverain, English sovereign. See Sub-, and Verse.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Master | Potentate; liege, liege lord; suzerain, sovereign, monarch, autocrat, despot, tyrant, oligarch. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Suzerain |
| English words defined with "suzerain": suzerainty. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "suzerain": Kingly Titles ♦ Royal Titles. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Suzerain" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (liege, overlord, suzerain). |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | South Korea | China's defeat by Japan during the Sino-Japanese War (1894) secured for Japan suzerain rights over Korea. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Suzerain" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Suzerain" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 9 | 117,287 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
suzerain | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "suzerain"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kryezot, feudal (feudal, feudal lord, feudalist, Lord). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | سيد أعلى (overlord). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сюзеренна държава, сюзерен (overlord), феодален владетел (seigneur). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vrchnost. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | suzerain. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Oberherr (overlord, sovereign). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ηγεμόνασ (liege lord, overlord, sovereign), επικυρίαρχοσ, άρχων (archon, liege, Lord, sire, squire), άρχοντασ (grandee, liege, Lord, magistrate, magnate, master, sire, squire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מושל (governor, master, ruler), מ"י " שלטת. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hûbérúr (overlord, seigneur). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sovrano (king, paramount, reign, ruler, sovereign). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 宗主 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | そうしゅ (approvingly, both hands, constancy, fidelity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ard-chiarn (Lord paramount). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uzerainsay suserano (liege, overlord). (various references) suzeran. (various references) суверенное государство (sovereign, sovereign state), феодальный властитель (seignior). (various references) sizeren, feudni gospodar. (various references) soberano (paramount, ruler, sovereign). (various references) länsherre (liege, liege lord, seigneur). (various references) รัฐที่มีอำนาจเหนือรัฐอื่น. (various references) uyruğu olunan kimse, hükmeden (commanding, determinant, dominant, domineering, governing, masterful, regnant), hükümdar (monarch, potentate, prince, Rex, ruler, sovereign, sov'ran), hüküm süren (governing, in the ascendant, in the ascendent, prevalent). (various references) сюзеренна держава, сюзерен (overlord), верхній (headmost, obverse, over, overhead, top, upper). (various references) tôn chủ, bá chủ nước bá chủ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | susum. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | sus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "suzerain": suzerains, suzerainties, suzerainty. (additional references) | |
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"Suzerain" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Guderian, Saperavi, susurrant, suzerainy, suzerian. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "suzerain" (pronounced 'Su"ze*rain'): Berain, Catchdrain, Constrain, forebrain, grosgrain, hindbrain, interbrain, Madbrain, midbrain, Mistrain, Quatrain, restrain, Scatter-brain, Souterrain, Superstrain, 'Twixt-brain, unstrain, Welldrain. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-n-r-s-u-z" | |
-2 letters: arisen, arsine, azines, azures, insure, inures, rusine, urines, ursine, zaires, zanier, zanies. | |
-3 letters: airns, anise, arise, aurei, aures, auris, azine, azure, earns, inure, izars, nares, naris, nazis, nears, nurse, rains, raise, ranis, razes, reins, resin, rinse, risen, ruins, runes, saner, sarin, serai, serin, sieur, siren, sizar, sizer, snare, unais, uraei, urase, ureas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-n-r-s-u-z" | |
+1 letter: suzerains, urbanizes. | |
+2 letters: humanizers, quantizers, suzerainty. | |
+3 letters: antiseizure, journalizes, naturalizes, neutralizes, prussianize, rehumanizes, singularize, suburbanize, vulcanizers. | |
+4 letters: gourmandizes, journalizers, miniaturizes, neutralizers, outorganizes, pasteurizing, prussianized, prussianizes, secularizing, singularized, singularizes, suberization, suburbanized, suburbanizes, suzerainties, tranquilizes, universalize. | |
+5 letters: denaturalizes, denuclearizes, dibenzofurans, furazolidones, industrialize, suberizations, tranquilizers, tranquillizes, universalized, universalizes, unparasitized, unpasteurized. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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