Both Uses of
sovereign
in
The Magician's Nephew
- She took the limp form of Uncle Andrew gently in her trunk and set him up on end: upside down, unfortunately, so that two half-sovereigns, three half-crowns, and a sixpence fell out of his pocket.†
Chpt 11
- It had of course sprung up from the half-sovereigns which had fallen out of Uncle Andrew's pocket when he was turned upside down; just as the silver had grown up from the half-crowns.†
Chpt 14 *
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.