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monarch

[ 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.



monarch

/ ˈmɒnək; mɒˈnɑːkəl; mɒˈnɑːkɪəl /

noun

  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 calledmilkweed a large migratory butterfly, Danaus plexippus, that has orange-and-black wings and feeds on the milkweed plant: family Danaidae


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Derived Forms

  • moˈnarchical, adjective
  • ˈmonarchist, nounadjective
  • moˈnarchally, adverb
  • ˌmonarˈchistic, adjective
  • ˈmonarchism, noun
  • moˈnarchically, adverb
  • monarchal, adjective

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Other Words From

  • anti·monarch adjective noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of monarch1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Middle French monarche, monarch, from Late Latin monarcha, from Greek mónarchos “sole ruler, monarch”; mon-, -arch

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Word History and Origins

Origin of monarch1

C15: from Late Latin monarcha, from Greek; see mono- , -arch

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Example Sentences

Recently the French treated her virtually as their own monarch while simultaneously jeering their own president.

Fifteen years later, King Felipe I of Redonda was crowned and ruled as an absolute monarch.

The monarch, the consummate PR, the head of the nation, had been supremely outplayed on her home territory.

Monarch didn't get distracted but carried right on with her speech.

Pro that she is the monarch didn't get distracted but carried right on with her speech.

In a warlike age this peacefulness of a monarch was the great and supernatural phenomenon.

This was my sincere endeavor, in those many discourses I had with that monarch, although it unfortunately failed of success.

The new monarch, with his striking personality and good looks, at once captivated the hearts of his fickle Southern subjects.

This loss, more than anything else, brought home to the monarch his pitiable condition.

An insolent overbearing steward had reigned absolute monarch of the soil, during a long period of fifteen years.

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