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   suzerainty

   /ˈsuːzəreɪnti/

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   • 1. a position of control by a sovereign or state over another state that is internally autonomous: "Henry claimed suzerainty over the duchy of Brittany"

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   The meaning of SUZERAINTY is the dominion of a suzerain : overlordship.

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   Suzerainty differs from sovereignty in that the dominant power allows tributary states to be technically independent but enjoy only limited self-rule. Although the situation has existed in a number of historical empires, it is considered difficult to reconcile with 20th- or 21st-century concepts of international law , in which sovereignty is a binary concept, which either exists or does not.

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   Suzerainty is the right of a country to partly control another. Learn more about this political term, its usage and history, and see examples from the Cambridge Dictionary and the Hansard archive.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › suzeraintySUZERAINTY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Suzerainty is the right of a country to partly control another. Learn more about this political term, its usage and synonyms, and see examples from literature and history.

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   Definition of suzerainty noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   What does suzerainty mean?

   • suserania… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! SUZERAINTY definition: 1. the right of a country to partly control another: 2. the right of a country to partly control…. Learn more.

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   Why do you say more or less about suzerainty?

   • I say "more or less"because there was the famous word"suzerainty" which came into the great constitutional struggle. In both cases there is a suzerainty. I mean suzerainty and nothing else. There is also continuing muddle about suzerainty. There is also the question of suzerainty. He has spoken about suzerainty.

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   What does suzerain mean?

   • 2 meanings: 1. the position, power, or dignity of a suzerain 2. the relationship between suzerain and subject.... Click for more definitions.

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   What are examples of suzerainty?

   • Suzerainty is a practical, de facto situation, rather than a legal, de jure one. Current examples include Bhutan and India. India is responsible for military training, arms supplies, and the air defense of Bhutan.

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   When was suzerainty first used?

   • The earliest known use of the noun suzerainty is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for suzerainty is from around 1470. is of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item.

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   What happens when a suzerainty is reestablished?

   • With every recession of the floods, man crowds the streams, only to be driven back when they reassert their suzerainty. The struggle between these two empires for the political suzerainty of the planet must continue until one is victorious, or until both have been reduced to impotence. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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    2 meanings: 1. the position, power, or dignity of a suzerain 2. the relationship between suzerain and subject.... Click for more definitions.