All 5 Uses of
sovereign
in
Jane Eyre
- you think too much of the love of human beings; you are too impulsive, too vehement; the sovereign hand that created your frame, and put life into it, has provided you with other resources than your feeble self, or than creatures feeble as you.†
p. 82.9
- Then, signior, I lay on you my sovereign behest to furbish up your lungs and other vocal organs, as they will be wanted on my royal service.†
p. 207.5 *
- I wish I had only offered you a sovereign instead of ten pounds.†
p. 259.9
- The ring, Adele, is in my breeches-pocket, under the disguise of a sovereign: but I mean soon to change it to a ring again.†
p. 308.9
- You shall be mine: I claim you — not for my pleasure, but for my Sovereign's service.†
p. 464.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(sovereign) of a person: a nation's ruler or head of state
of a political body: not controlled by outside forces -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, a sovereign is a British coin used until 1914.