sovereigns

Noun

sovereign (plural sovereigns)

1. A monarch: a supreme ruler of a country in a monarchical system.
   • The petty ſtreames that paie a dailie det
     To their ſalt ſoveraigne with their freſh fals haſt,
     Adde to his flowe, but alter not his taſt.1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   monarch

2. One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation.
3. A gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling but in practice used as a bullion coin.
4. A former Australian gold coin, minted from 1855–1931, of one pound value.
5. A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33+¹⁄₃ standard bottles.
6. Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalini, or genus Basilarchia, eg., ursula, viceroy.

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