soberano

Definitions of soberano
  1. noun
    a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
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    Mesías
    the awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people
    Atila
    king of the Huns; the most successful barbarian invader of the Roman Empire (406-453)
    Catalina II La Grande
    empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796)
    Carlos I El Grande
    king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)
    Napoleón Bonaparte
    French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
    Victoria
    queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)
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    czar, zar
    a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)
    emperador
    the male ruler of an empire
    monarca, rey
    a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
    cha, sah, sha, shah
    title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran
    emperatriz
    a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor
    káiser
    the title of the Holy Roman Emperors or the emperors of Austria or of Germany until 1918
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    jefe de estado, mandatario
    the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government
    gobernador, gobernante
    a person who rules or commands
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