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English Dictionary: supreme by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supreme
adj
  1. final or last in your life or progress; "the supreme sacrifice"; "the supreme judgment"
  2. greatest in status or authority or power; "a supreme tribunal"
    Synonym(s): sovereign, supreme
  3. highest in excellence or achievement; "supreme among musicians"; "a supreme endxxeavor"; "supreme courage"
  4. greatest or maximal in degree; extreme; "supreme folly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Supreme \Su*preme"\, a. [L. supremus, superlative of superus
      that is above, upper, fr. super above: cf. F. supr[88]me. See
      {Super-}, and cf. {Sum}.]
      1. Highest in authority; holding the highest place in
            authority, government, or power.
  
                     He that is the supreme King of kings. --Shak.
  
      2. Highest; greatest; most excellent or most extreme; utmost;
            greatist possible (sometimes in a bad sense); as, supreme
            love; supreme glory; supreme magnanimity; supreme folly.
  
                     Each would be supreme within its own sphere, and
                     those spheres could not but clash.      --De Quincey.
  
      3. (Bot.) Situated at the highest part or point.
  
      {The Supreme}, the Almighty; God.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Supreme, LA (CDP, FIPS 74235)
      Location: 29.85959 N, 90.99262 W
      Population (1990): 1020 (293 housing units)
      Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
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