Both Uses of
sovereign
in
No Easy Day
- Since Operation Eagle Claw, there was a lot of risk in putting troops in harm's way in a sovereign country.†
p. 171.3 *
- We were an invading military force who had entered their sovereign territory.†
p. 255.1
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.