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Definitions of suzerain in various dictionaries:
noun - a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs
A nation that controls another nation in international affairs but allows it domestic sovereignty.
A feudal lord to whom fealty was due.
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Suzerainty (, and ) is a back-formation from the late 18th-century word suzerain, meaning upper-sovereign, derived from the French sus (meaning above) + -erain (from souverain, meaning sovereign). * It was first used to refer to the dominant position of the Ottoman Empire in relation to its surrounding regions; the Ottoman Empire being the suzerain, and the relationship being suzerainty. The terminology gradually became generalised to refer to any relationship in which one region or people controls the foreign policy and international relations of a tributary state, while allowing the tributary nation to have internal autonomy. Modern writers also sometimes use the term suzerain to refer to a feudal lord, in regard to their relationship to their vassals. * Suzerainty differs from true sovereignty, as the tributary state or person is technically independent, and enjoys self-rule (though usually limited in practice). Although the situation has existed in a number of historical empires, it i |
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