noun
- A nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right.
- synonyms: crowned head, monarch
adjective
- Of political bodies. ( not controlled by outside forces)
- usage: "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state"
- synonyms: autonomous, independent, self-governing
- Greatest in status or authority or power.
- usage: "a supreme tribunal"
- synonyms: supreme
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