Suzerain used in a sentence

Suzerain in a sentence as a noun

They were mainly aiming for weakening the local suzerain.

Managing proxies, puppets and suzerains is an important part of a global empire.

HK/Macao qualify, but historically had more support from their suzerains.

> In what way would you say those terroritories do not belong to China, or any other country in the region?All I know is that when one country wants to take what another country currently has, people die. It's the slaughter of impressionable young nationalists in war that I object to, not which country has suzerain over which scrap of land.

It doesn't really address the question at hand but I do agree with you, especially considering the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.> not which country has suzerain over which scrap of landPersonally, I don't care much for which country "owns" which scrap of land either, but usually it is the very same passionate nationalists that you referred to that disagree with us.