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n. A nation that controls another nation in international affairs but allows it domestic sovereignty.

n. A feudal lord to whom fealty was due.

n. A dominant nation or state which has control over the international affairs of a subservient state which has domestic autonomy.

n. A feudal land-owner to whom peasants were forced to pledge allegiance.

adj. Pertaining to suzerain

n. A superior lord, to whom fealty is due; a feudal lord; a lord paramount.

n. A feudal lord or baron; a lord paramount. Also used attributively.

n. a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs

"Khedive and the Sultan as his suzerain, which is exactly the position taken up by Lord Salisbury in his despatch of September 9, 1898."

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