All 5 Uses of
sovereign
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- The sovereign brilliancy of Sirius pierced the eye with a steely glitter, the star called Capella was yellow, Aldebaran and Betelgueux shone with a fiery red.†
Chpt 1-3 *
- They say now that she've business in every bank in Casterbridge, and thinks no more of playing pitch-and-toss sovereign than you and I, do pitch-halfpenny—not a bit in the world, shepherd."†
Chpt 4-6
- Liddy chose a position at her elbow and began to sew, sometimes pausing and looking round, or, with the air of a privileged person, taking up one of the half-sovereigns lying before her and surveying it merely as a work of art, while strictly preventing her countenance from expressing any wish to possess it as money.†
Chpt 10-12
- "I did," said Boldwood, "and here they are—fifty sovereigns."†
Chpt 34-36
- Two notes and a sovereign.†
Chpt 34-36
Definition:
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(sovereign) of a person: a nation's ruler or head of state
of a political body: not controlled by outside forces