(a.) Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others;
chief; as, our sovereign prince.
(a.) Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing,
or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign
state; a sovereign discretion.
(a.) Princely; royal.
(a.) Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
(a.) Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual;
controlling; as, a sovereign remedy.
(n.) The person, body, or state in which independent and
supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen,
or emperor.
(n.) A gold coin of Great Britain, on which an effigy of the
head of the reigning king or queen is stamped, valued at one pound
sterling, or about $4.86.
(n.) Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus
Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
