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

This important change in the status of the Feudatory Princes carried with it increased responsibilities both on their part and on the part of the Suzerain.

From The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India by Hunter, William Wilson

The Celtic princes of Scotland, the Anglians of Northumbria, and the Jutes of Kent alike owned the new Caesar as their Suzerain.

From Early Britain—Roman Britain by Conybeare, Edward