suzerain
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In four days at Philadelphia's Kelly Pool, nine world and 13 American records were demolished, and U.S. aquatic status soared to suzerain heights.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1878, Britain took Cyprus in "trust" from the declining Ottoman Empire and disregarded Cypriot demands for union with Greece on the grounds that the Sultan was still the suzerain.
From Time Magazine Archive
The monarch was rapidly acquiring a centralized power, which was very different from the overlordship of a feudal suzerain.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles
Margaret made use of her father's authority, who as the Duke of Savoy's suzerain nullified the deed of Ren�'s legitimisation.
From The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Tremayne, Eleanor E.
Sū′zerainty, the dominion of a suzerain: paramount authority.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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