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sovereign
Also known as potentate
Sovereign is a title that can be applied to the highest leader in various categories. The word is borrowed from Old French , which is ultimately derived from the Latin , meaning 'above'.
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10 sectionsContents
- Head of state
- Chivalric orders
- Municipal government
- Characteristics
- History
- Weakening power
- Legacy
- See also
- References
- External links
Sovereign is a title that can be applied to the highest leader in various categories. The word is borrowed from Old French , which is ultimately derived from the Latin , meaning 'above'.
The roles of a sovereign vary from monarch, ruler or head of state to head of municipal government or head of a chivalric order. As a result, the word sovereignty has more recently also come to mean independence or autonomy.