Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Suzerain"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Suzerain \Su"ze*rain\, n. [F., formed fr. sus above, L. susum,
sursum (fr. sub under + versum, p. p. of vertere to turn),
after the analogy of souverain, E. sovereign. See {Sub-}, and
{Verse}.]
A superior lord, to whom fealty is due; a feudal lord; a lord
paramount.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
suzerain
n : a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent
state especially in its foreign affairs
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