Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A coin of Francis I. of Austria, in 1831, for the dukedom of Milan and for Austrian Lombardy.
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Examples
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He taught her to falter endearments in his own tongue: he was _carino, caro amico, anima mia, sovrano del mio cuor_, and many other things yet more intimate.
Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso Maurice Henry Hewlett
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In your capacity of poeta sovrano, you must, as Dante says of Homer, pass on your way quietly and undisturbedly, si come sire.
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In your capacity of poeta sovrano, you must, as Dante says of
Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 Richard Wagner 1848
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"You are happy in having such a sovrano, and still more so in being allowed to approach his sacred person."
The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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"Never mind the particulars, Tommaso Tonti," interrupted the vice-governatore -- "it is sufficient that thou knowest all thy companions to be honest men, and faithful servants of the _sovrano_.
The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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