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suzerain

/syz.ʁɛ̃/

noun, masculine/syz.ʁɛ̃/plural: suzerains

suzerain, liege lord, feudal lord

Inherited from Old French suserain, suzerain, derived from sus (“on top, above”) by analogy with soverain.

adjective/syz.ʁɛ̃/

suzerain

Inherited from Old French suserain, suzerain, derived from sus (“on top, above”) by analogy with soverain.