suzerains

plural of suzerain

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Noun
  • James topping the list by a significant margin when the likes of Mickey Mantle and Michael Jordan have long been seen as the kings of the sports card world may raise some eyebrows, but his priciest card to date does include Jordan on it.
    Larry Holder, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Anthony Hopkins has played villains and popes, presidents and dictators, titans of literature and comic book kings.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • In Italy, the worst drought in 70 years has exposed the piers of an ancient bridge over the Tiber River once used by Roman emperors but which fell into disrepair by the third century.
    CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The wreck also contained gold coins issued by four emperors of the Heraclian dynasty, which ruled the Byzantine Empire during the seventh and eighth centuries.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The couples worked together through The Royal Foundation and delighted the public whenever the princes and their partners stepped out together.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
  • At the beginning of the Arcadia, one of the princes, Musidorus, courts Pamela, one of the sister-princesses, by communicating to her that his shepherd apparel is just a disguise.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Patrick Clancy testified that his daughter was into princesses and had a lot of friends.
    Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
  • At the beginning of the Arcadia, one of the princes, Musidorus, courts Pamela, one of the sister-princesses, by communicating to her that his shepherd apparel is just a disguise.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • In fact, challenging the rules of the digital road the tech lords have lucratively paved for themselves, the cases are but three of more than 2,000 such suits moving through a plethora of courts across the land against social media companies.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 July 2026
  • Much of this episode focused on Rhaenyra’s uncomfortable interactions with various lords and ladies in King’s Landing, from a hostile High Septon to Lord Corlys Velaryon to her new dragonriders.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
Noun
  • Other Eurasian emperors of the time also did not persecute occult practitioners as Ivan did in the lead-up to the second oprichnina, actions more in line with attitudes in early modern Christian Europe than those common among rulers of Asia.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • His death also encouraged Queen Victoria to leave the stone not to her son, the new Edward VII, but his wife Queen Alexandra, since the curse was thought to only affect male rulers.
    Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • For generations, the Sea had been the lifeblood of the Karakalpak people, who lived as seminomadic pastoralists under various rulers, including khanates, tsars, the USSR, and now independent Uzbekistan.
    Michael Snyder, Saveur, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Büttner, who is not Jewish, serves as one of 15 state antisemitism czars in Germany, which also has a federal antisemitism commissioner, Felix Klein.
    Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • With guest judge Brooke Shields in the house, the queens played the celebrity-impersonation competition with a twist.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Clean water and advanced medicine, for example, are now commonplace across much of the developed world despite once being a luxury even kings and queens couldn’t reliably access.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
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“Suzerains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suzerains. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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