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suzerain

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Definition of suzerain

as in emperor

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Recent Examples of suzerain Citizens of countries historically exploited by the West face higher financial and bureaucratic hurdles to access facilities and resources concentrated in their former suzerain. — WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022 In buttressing Lukashenko’s regime, Russia became Belarus’s outright suzerain. — Casey Michel, The New Republic, 1 Mar. 2022 Most Somalilanders have known nothing but self-rule and would never consent to reintegrate with their bloody, anarchic suzerain. — The Economist, 8 May 2021

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Samuel, or Samuil in Bulgarian, was a warrior emperor who battled the Byzantine Empire to expand his kingdom but was ultimately defeated and died shortly afterward in 1014.

— COSTAS KANTOURIS, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
Roman emperors typically had tens of thousands of people serving in the Praetorian Guard; modern autocrats rely on standing armies.

— Seva Gunitsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of emperor

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That reduction forced painful cuts to Vision 2030, the prince’s signature policy aimed at remaking Saudi Arabia.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Other schemes are more direct—like a new version of the Nigerian prince scam that uses celebrity deepfakes.

— Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of prince

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Yogyakarta is a rare thing, a sultan’s kingdom inside of a country that is otherwise a republic.

— Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
The story ranges from Chicago's tenement slums to the private mansions of the president of the United States and the sultan of Morocco.

— Paul Dailing, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of sultan

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Alexander, who performs as the Black Disney princess, Tiana, had another appearance immediately before the photo shoot and didn’t have enough time to change.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026
Everyone, please please please, sit up straight and act right, because pop princess Sabrina Carpenter has arrived for the MTV VMAs 2026 on September 27.

— Christina Perrier, InStyle, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of princess

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Only three African sovereigns hold investment grade ratings, according to a background note from the AU’s African Peer Review Mechanism (ARPM).

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Against encroaching social upheavals, the sovereign was resolutely the center of a mercantilist universe.

— Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

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