Suzerain \Su"ze*rain\, n. [F., formed fr. sus above, L. susum,
sursum (fr. sub under + versum, p. p. of vertere to turn),
after the analogy of souverain, E. sovereign. See Sub-, and
Verse.]
A superior lord, to whom fealty is due; a feudal lord; a lord
paramount.
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