Usually means: Overlord with authority over vassals.
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  1. suzerain: Merriam-Webster
  2. suzerain: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. suzerain: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. suzerain: Collins English Dictionary
  5. suzerain: Vocabulary.com
  6. Suzerain, suzerain: Wordnik
  7. suzerain: Wiktionary
  8. suzerain: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. suzerain: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. suzerain: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. suzerain: Dictionary.com
  12. suzerain: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Suzerain: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Suzerain: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. suzerain: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. suzerain: Rhymezone
  17. Suzerain: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. suzerain: FreeDictionary.org
  19. suzerain: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. suzerain: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. suzerain: A Word A Day

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Definitions from Wiktionary (suzerain)

noun:  (international politics) A dominant nation or state that has control over the international affairs of a subservient state which otherwise has domestic autonomy.
noun:  (historical) A feudal landowner to whom vassals were forced to pledge allegiance.

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