Category:Suzerain

Su"ze*rain, n. Etym: [f., formed fr. sus above, l. susum, sursum (fr. Sub under + versum, p.p. of vertere to turn), after the analogy of Souverain, e. sovereign. See sub-, and verse.]

Defn: a superior lord, to whom fealty is due; a feudal lord; a lord Paramount.