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The one who answers to no one, which means the buck stops nowhere else.
means A supreme ruler or the highest authority — a king, queen, or governing power that holds final say; as an adjective, it describes something fully independent and self-governing, like a sovereign nation.
from From Old French 'soverain' and ultimately Latin 'superanus' — 'chief, principal' — built on 'super,' meaning 'above.' So at its root, the sovereign is simply the one who sits over everything. The unexpected 'g' in the English spelling is a charming mistake: scribes wrongly assumed a link to 'reign' and slipped the letter in, even though 'reign' (from Latin 'regnum') is a different family entirely. The word also became the name of an English gold coin, the sovereign, because it once bore the image of the enthroned ruler.
- gold coin
- British sovereign holds nearly a quarter ounce of gold
- answers to none
- Sovereignty means recognizing no higher earthly authority
- the catch
- True sovereigns are bound only by what they cannot enforce
- sovereign immunity
- States historically could not be sued without consent
- plural rule
- In a republic, the people collectively are sovereign
queen elizabeth ii — reigned over united kingdom and commonwealth for 70 years until 2022
louis xiv of france — ruled france for 72 years (1643-1715), longest reign in european history
imperial japan — emperor hirohito held sovereignty over japan from 1926-1989