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sub-sovereigns

Syllables: sub·sov·er·eignsUK/ˌsʌbˈsɒv(ə)ɹɪnz/US/ˌsʌbˈsɔv(ə)ɹɪnz/

sub-sovereigns is the plural of sub-sovereign.

Meaning of sub-sovereign

Noun

sub-sovereign (plural sub-sovereigns)

  1. (historical, rare) A subordinate sovereign.
    • 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...1797, John Horn, A History Or Description, General and Circumstantial, of Burghley House, the Seat of the Right Honorable the Earl of Exeter, page 121, line 22

Questions about sub-sovereigns

What is sub-sovereigns the plural of?
Sub-sovereigns is the plural of sub-sovereign.
How do you pronounce sub-sovereigns?
Sub-sovereigns is pronounced /ˌsʌbˈsɒv(ə)ɹɪnz/ (UK).

Words near sub-sovereigns in the dictionary

  1. sub-Saturn
  2. sub-Saturns
  3. sub-second
  4. sub-sitio
  5. sub-sovereign
  6. sub-sovereigns
  7. sub-specialties
  8. sub-specialty
  9. sub-standard
  10. sub-state
  11. sub-states

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