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mon⋅arch

  [mon-erk, -ahrk]
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–noun
1. a hereditary sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor.
2. a sole and absolute ruler of a state or nation.
3. a person or thing that holds a dominant position: a monarch of international shipping.
4. monarch butterfly.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < LL monarcha < Gk monárchēs sole ruler; see mon-, -arch

monarch butterfly

 
–noun
a large, deep-orange butterfly, Danaus plexippus, having black and white markings, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of milkweed.
Also called monarch.

Origin:
1885–90
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mon·arch   (mŏn'ərk, -ärk')   
n.  
  1. One who reigns over a state or territory, usually for life and by hereditary right, especially:
    1. A sole and absolute ruler.
    2. A sovereign, such as a king or empress, often with constitutionally limited authority: a constitutional monarch.
  2. One that commands or rules: "I am monarch of all I survey" (William Cowper).
  3. One that surpasses others in power or preeminence: "Mont Blanc is the monarch of the mountains" (Byron).
  4. 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

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.

Monarch

Mon"arch\, a. Superior to others; pre["e]minent; supreme; ruling. "Monarch savage." --Pope.
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Language Translation for : monarch
Spanish: monarca,
German: der, *die Monarch(in),
Japanese: 君主
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monarch

any of about 60 bird species constituting the subfamily Monarchinae of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The term monarch is usually reserved for members of the Australian and Asian genera Monarcha and Hypothymis; the members of about 12 other Asian and African genera of monarchines are called flycatchers, with various modifiers.

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