Author: dist (213.85.32.---)
Date: 03-16-04 14:07
[ad. F. suzerain, older s(o)userain, app. f. sus above, up (:L. ssum, sursum, f. sub from below, up + vorsum, versum, pa. pple. of vertre to turn), after souverain SOVEREIGN.]
A feudal overlord. In recent use, with reference to international relations, a sovereign or a state having supremacy over another state which possesses its own ruler or government but cannot act as an independent power.
1807 C. BUTLER Revol. Germany III. (1812) 53 The king was called the Sovereign lord; his immediate vassal was called the Suzereign; and the tenants holding of him were called the arriere vassals.
1820 BYRON Mar. Fal. IV. ii, A chief in armour is their Suzerain.
1825 SCOTT Talism. xi, He answers me ever with cold respects of their relations together as suzerain and vassal.
В полном соответствии с тем, что феодальная феня рождается лишь в 19 веке.
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