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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Suzerain \Su"ze*rain\, n. [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.] A superior lord, to whom fealty is due; a feudal lord; a lord paramount. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

suzerain n 1: a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs