suzerain

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The Residence of the Suzerain One of the story's principal villains, The Suzerain, resides in the building we know as All Souls College.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2013

The Spanish Bishop of the See of Durgel is by medieval right a "Suzerain of Andorra."

From Time Magazine Archive

Recharts His Hectic Course as Suzerain of the Seas Now on the outside of politics, Winston Churchill gives full vent to his literary genius.

From Time Magazine Archive

And the tale of them rarely reaches the ear of the representatives of the Suzerain Power or the columns of the daily press.

From The Elephant God by Casserly, Gordon

The Resident is to report any encroachment on native territory by Boers to the High Commissioner, and when the Resident and the Boer Government differ, the decision of the Suzerain is to be final.

From Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal by Haggard, Henry Rider