Definitions for monarch
ˈmɒn ərk, -ɑrkmonarch

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sovereign, crowned head, monarchnoun

   a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right

2. monarch, monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly, Danaus plexippusnoun

   large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed

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1. monarchnoun

   The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.

2. monarchnoun

   The monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, found in North America, so called because of the designs on its wings.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Monarchnoun

   a sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief

   Etymology: [F. monarque, L. monarcha, fr. Gr. , ; mo`nos alone + to be first, rule, govern. See Archi-.]

2. Monarchnoun

   one superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is called the monarch of the forest

   Etymology: [F. monarque, L. monarcha, fr. Gr. , ; mo`nos alone + to be first, rule, govern. See Archi-.]

3. Monarchnoun

   a patron deity or presiding genius

   Etymology: [F. monarque, L. monarcha, fr. Gr. , ; mo`nos alone + to be first, rule, govern. See Archi-.]

4. Monarchnoun

   a very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus); -- called also milkweed butterfly

   Etymology: [F. monarque, L. monarcha, fr. Gr. , ; mo`nos alone + to be first, rule, govern. See Archi-.]

5. Monarchadjective

   superior to others; preeminent; supreme; ruling

   Etymology: [F. monarque, L. monarcha, fr. Gr. , ; mo`nos alone + to be first, rule, govern. See Archi-.]

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1. Monarch

   A monarch is the person at the head of a monarchy. This is a form of government in which a state or polity is ruled or controlled by an individual who typically either inherits the throne by birth or who is elected monarch and who typically rules for life or until abdication. Monarchs may be autocrats or ceremonial heads of state who exercise little or no power or only reserve power, with actual authority vested in a parliament or other body.

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1. Monarch

   mon′ark, n. a sole or supreme ruler: sovereign: the chief of its kind.—adj. supreme: superior to others.—adjs. Monarch′al, pertaining to a monarch: regal; Monarch′ial, Monarch′ic, -al, relating to a monarch or to monarchy: vested in a single ruler.—ns. Monarch′ian, a Christian who denied the personal independent subsistence of Christ—dynamic, when regarding the divinity of Christ as only a power (dynamis) communicated to Him; modalistic, when regarding Christ as God Himself incarnate, the Father who had assumed flesh, a mere modus of the Godhead; Monarch′ianism, the doctrine of the Monarchians, in opposition to Subordinationalism.—adj. Monarchianis′tic.—v.t. Mon′archise, to rule over, as a monarch: to convert into a monarchy.—ns. Mon′archism, the principles of monarchy: love of monarchy; Mon′archist, an advocate of monarchy: a believer in monarchy; Monarch′o (Shak.), a fantastic Englishman who assumed Italian airs, any fantastic person; Mon′archy, a state or a people ruled over by one person: a kind of government of which the chief power is in the hands of a monarch: the territory of a monarch. [Fr. monarque, through L., from Gr. monarchēs—monos, alone, archein, to rule.]

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1. • Danaid Butterfly

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'monarch' in Nouns Frequency: #3028

Anagrams for monarch »

1. chroman

How to pronounce monarch?

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of monarch in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of monarch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of monarch in a Sentence

1. John Major:

   No prime minister must ever treat the monarch or parliament in this way again.

2. Abraham Lincoln:

   It is said an eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him with the words, 'And this, too, shall pass away.' How much it expresses How chastening in the hour of pride How consoling in the depths of affliction

3. Tongthong Chandransu:

   Because King Mongkut was a monk, he ordered that the procession should visit important Buddhist temples so the new monarch can provide alms to monks.

4. Craig Wilson:

   There are new programs to establish milkweed planting, and the public is urged very much to do so. The monarch's survival depends on it.

5. Francis Quarles:

   The way to subject all things to thyself is to subject thyself to reason; thou shalt govern many if reason govern thee. Wouldst thou be a monarch of a little world, command thyself.

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