Associations to the word «Suzerainty»

Wiktionary

SUZERAINTY, noun. A relation between states in which a subservient nation has its own government, but is unable to take international action independent of the superior state.

Dictionary definition

SUZERAINTY, noun. The position or authority of a suzerain; "under the suzerainty of...".
SUZERAINTY, noun. The domain of a suzerain.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky