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n.
One who reigns over a state or territory, usually for life and by hereditary right, especially:A sole and absolute ruler.
A sovereign, such as a king or empress, often with constitutionally limited authority: a constitutional monarch.
One that commands or rules: "I am monarch of all I survey" (William Cowper).
One that surpasses others in power or preeminence: "Mont Blanc is the monarch of the mountains" (Byron).
A monarch butterfly.
[Middle English monarke , from Old French monarque , from Late Latin monarcha , from Greek monarkhos : mono- , mono- + arkhein , to rule .]
mo·nar'chal (mə-när'kəl), mo·nar'chic (-kĭk), mo·nar'chi·cal (-kĭ-kəl) adj. , mo·nar'chal·ly , mo·nar'chi·cal·ly adv.
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monarch noun 1. a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right [syn: sovereign ] 2. large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed
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monarch [ˈmonək] noun
a king, queen, emperor, or empress
Arabic: مَلِك
Chinese (Simplified): 君主
Chinese (Traditional): 君主
Czech: monarcha
Danish: monark
Dutch: vorst
Estonian: monarh
Finnish: monarkki
French: monarque
German: der, *die Monarch(in)
Greek: μονάρχης
Hungarian: (egyed)uralkodó
Icelandic: einvaldur; konungur, drottning
Indonesian: kepala negara monarki
Italian: monarca
Japanese: 君主
Korean: 군주, 왕
Latvian: monarhs
Lithuanian: monarchas
Norwegian: monark, konge, dronning
Polish: monarcha
Portuguese (Brazil): monarca
Portuguese (Portugal): monarca
Romanian: monarh
Russian: монарх
Slovak: monarcha
Slovenian: vladar
Spanish: monarca
Swedish: monark
Turkish: hükümdar
See also: monarchy
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Monarch Bay, CA Zip code(s): 92629
Monarch Mill, SC (CDP, FIPS 47210) Location: 34.71896 N, 81.58102 W Population (1990): 2214 (897 housing units) Area: 14.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Monarch, MT Zip code(s): 59463
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -
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Monarch
Mon"arch\, n. [F. monarque, L. monarcha, fr. Gr. ?, ?; ? alone + ? to be first, rule, govern. See
Archi- .]
1. A sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief.
He who reigns Monarch in heaven, . . . upheld by old repute. --Milton.
2. One superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is called the monarch of the forest.
3. A patron deity or presiding genius.
Come, thou, monarch of the vine, Plumpy Bacchus. --Shak.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A very large red and black butterfly (
Danais Plexippus ); -- called also
milkweed butterfly .
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Monarch
Mon"arch\, a. Superior to others; pre["e]minent; supreme; ruling. "Monarch savage." --Pope.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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