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mon·arch

   [mon-erk, -ahrk]
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.
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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin monarcha < Greek monárchēs sole ruler; see mon-, -arch

Related forms
an·ti·mon·arch, adjective, noun
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monarch (ˈmɒnək)
 
—n
1.  a sovereign head of state, esp a king, queen, or emperor, who rules usually by hereditary right
2.  a supremely powerful or pre-eminent person or thing
3.  Also called: milkweed a large migratory butterfly, Danaus plexippus, that has orange-and-black wings and feeds on the milkweed plant: family Danaidae
 
[C15: from Late Latin monarcha, from Greek; see mono-, -arch]
 
monarchal
 
—adj
 
monarchial
 
—adj
 
mo'narchally
 
—adv
 
mo'narchical
 
—adj
 
mo'narchic
 
—adj
 
mo'narchically
 
—adv
 
'monarchism
 
—n
 
'monarchist
 
—n, —adj
 
monar'chistic
 
—adj

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Word Origin & History

monarch
mid-15c., from L.L. monarcha, from Gk. monarkhes (see monarchy).
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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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