Sovereign has everything to do with power. It often describes a person who has supreme power or authority, such as a king or queen. God is described as "sovereign" in a number of Bible translations.

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

sovereign adjective (GOVERNMENT) [ before noun ] having the highest power or being completely independent:

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.

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

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."

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

Sovereignty is generally defined as supreme, independent control and lawmaking authority over a territory. [1][2][3] It is expressed through the power to rule and make law. Sovereignty entails …

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 States.

SOVEREIGN meaning: 1 : a king or queen; 2 : a British gold coin that was used in the past