"Sovereign" meaning in All languages combined

See Sovereign on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Sovereigns [plural]
Etymology: Americanized form of an unidentified German surname. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|-}} German Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Sovereign (plural Sovereigns)
  1. A surname from German.
    Sense id: en-Sovereign-en-name-gISmo46Y Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} Sovereign
  1. The title of a monarch.
    Sense id: en-Sovereign-en-noun-EJb6bwf1
  2. God, the supreme being who has power over all creation.
    Sense id: en-Sovereign-en-noun-sf0qrn4H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 1 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 2 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 1 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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