All 7 Uses of
sovereign
in
A Room With A View
- Only sovereigns and pennies.†
Chpt 14 *
- Dear Marian, I am very sorry, but I have no small change—nothing but sovereigns and half crowns.†
Chpt 15
- Miss Bartlett accepted their moneys and then said: "But who am I to give the sovereign to?"†
Chpt 14
- Miss Bartlett, who was poor at figures, became bewildered and rendered up the sovereign, amidst the suppressed gurgles of the other youths.†
Chpt 14
- Cecil, give me that sovereign.†
Chpt 14
- No, give me up that sovereign.†
Chpt 14
- Let me see—a sovereign's worth of silver.†
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.