sovran
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- sovranly adverb
- sovranty noun
Etymology
Origin of sovran
1625–35; alteration of sovereign, modeled on Italian sovrano
Example Sentences
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No child of earth, born of the Sage's will, The fair nymph Mená pleased the sovran hill.
From The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa by Kalidasa
He ascribes the creation of the sovran Demos living at Athens on salaries for public duties, not to Pericles, but to Aristides.
From Problems in Greek history by Mahaffy, John Pentland
Behind the western bars The shrouded day retreats, And unperceived the stars Steal to their sovran seats.
From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert
He would trust sovran Athena who had plucked him out of one death to deliver from a second.
From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns
O sovran Love! how far thy power surpasses Aught that is taught of Logic or the Schools!
From Collected Poems In Two Volumes, Vol. II by Dobson, Austin
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