English Dictionary

suzerain

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈs(j)uz(ə)ɹən/

名詞

歴史的

(international politics) A dominant nation or state that has control over the international affairs of a subservient state which otherwise has domestic autonomy.

日本語の意味

宗主国：下位の臣従国家に対して国際問題における支配力を持ち、内政の自治が認められる主導的な国。

After the treaty, the kingdom accepted the neighboring empire as its suzerain, ceding control over foreign policy while retaining local governance.

条約の後、その王国は隣国の帝国を宗主国として受け入れ、外交の統制を譲る一方で国内の統治は維持した。

意味（1）

(international politics) A dominant nation or state that has control over the international affairs of a subservient state which otherwise has domestic autonomy.

Suzerainty is a term which was originally used for the relation between the feudal lord and his vassal; the lord was said to be the suzerain of the vassal, and at that time suzerainty was a term of Constitutional Law only. With the disappearance of the feudal system, suzerainty of this kind likewise disappeared. Modern suzerainty involves only a few rights of the suzerain State over the vassal State which can be called constitutional rights. The rights of the suzerain State over the vassal are principally international rights, of whatever they may consist.

意味（2）

(historical) A feudal landowner to whom vassals were forced to pledge allegiance.

suzerains （ plural ）