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Definition of suzerainty noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

suzerainty

noun

NAmE//ˈsuzərənti//

, NAmE//ˈsuzəˌreɪnti//

[uncountable] (formal)

the right of a country to rule over another country

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