What does monarch mean?

Definitions for monarch
ˈmɒn ərk, -ɑrkmonarch

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Princeton's WordNet

  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

Wiktionary

  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.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. MONARCHnoun

    Etymology: monarch, Fr. μόναρχος.

    I was
    A morsel for a monarch. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

    Your brother kings and monarchs of the earth
    Do all expect that you should rouse yourself. William Shakespeare.

    The father of a family or nation, that uses his servants like children, and advises with them in what concerns the commonweal, and thereby is willingly obeyed by them, is what the schools mean by a monarch. William Temple, Miscel.

    The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees,
    Three centuries he grows, and three he stays
    Supreme in state, and in three more decays. Dryden.

    With ease distinguish’d is the regal race,
    One monarch wears an open, honest face;
    Shap’d to his size, and godlike to behold,
    His royal body shines with specks of gold. John Dryden, Virg.

    Return’d with dire remorseless sway,
    The monarch savage rends the trembling prey. Alexander Pope, Odys.

    Come, thou monarch of the vine,
    Plumpy Bacchus, with pink eyne,
    In thy vats our cares be drown’d. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleop.

Wikipedia

  1. Monarch

    A monarch is a head of state for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority and power in the state, or others may wield that power on behalf of the monarch. Usually a monarch either personally inherits the lawful right to exercise the state's sovereign rights (often referred to as the throne or the crown) or is selected by an established process from a family or cohort eligible to provide the nation's monarch. Alternatively, an individual may proclaim themself monarch, which may be backed and legitimated through acclamation, right of conquest or a combination of means. If a young child is crowned the monarch, then a regent is often appointed to govern until the monarch reaches the requisite adult age to rule. Monarchs' actual powers vary from one monarchy to another and in different eras; on one extreme, they may be autocrats (absolute monarchy) wielding genuine sovereignty; on the other they may be ceremonial heads of state who exercise little or no direct power or only reserve powers, with actual authority vested in a parliament or other body (constitutional monarchy). A monarch can reign in multiple monarchies simultaneously. For example, the monarchy of Canada and the monarchy of the United Kingdom (as well as 14 other Commonwealth realms) are separate states, but they share the same monarch through personal union.

ChatGPT

  1. monarch

    A monarch is a person who serves as the head of a monarchy, a form of government where a state or polity is ruled or controlled by an individual who typically inherits the throne by birth and rules for life or until abdication. Monarchs may be titled king, queen, emperor, empress, or similar, and their role can widely vary--from absolute rule where they have full executive and legislative power, to purely symbolic or ceremonial roles with no actual governance power.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Monarchnoun

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

  2. Monarchnoun

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

  3. Monarchnoun

    a patron deity or presiding genius

  4. Monarchnoun

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

  5. Monarchadjective

    superior to others; preeminent; supreme; ruling

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

Wikidata

  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.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  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. monarchēsmonos, alone, archein, to rule.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. MONARCH

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Monarch is ranked #36838 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Monarch surname appeared 606 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Monarch.

    95.5% or 579 total occurrences were White.
    2.6% or 16 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.1% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

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

Anagrams for monarch »

  1. chroman

  2. onmarch

  3. nomarch

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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. Christen Kuikoua:

    The certainty of the world's end looms, yet those whose hearts reside at the feet of the Lord shall not meet their end as the world does. For the earth, beneath our Creator's majesty, is but His footstool, and He reigns as the sovereign monarch over both heaven and earth. In this divine embrace, one finds an eternal sanctuary beyond the temporal boundaries of worldly existence.

  2. Adam Schiff:

    CBS News reported last night that a Trump confidante said that GOP senators were warned: vote against your president ... and your head will be on a pike, i hope it's not true. But I was struck by the irony of the idea, when we're talking about a president who would make himself a monarch, that whoever that was would use the terminology of a penalty that was imposed by a monarch, a head on a pike.

  3. Jessica Mitford:

    When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When somebody up there - a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator— so decrees.

  4. Naotaka Kimizuka:

    It is necessary to have someone who can determine with him what is appropriate for a 21st century monarch, but it is not clear to what extent Crown Prince Akishino or the Imperial Household Agency is seriously considering that.

  5. The Bidens:

    Her Majesty Queen Queen Elizabeth II was more than a monarch. The Queen defined an era, in a world of constant change, The Queen was a steadying presence and a source of comfort and pride for generations of Britons, including many who have never known their country without The Queen. An enduring admiration for Queen Elizabeth II united people across the Commonwealth. The seven decades of Queen Elizabeth II history-making reign bore witness to an age of unprecedented human advancement and the forward march of human dignity. QUEEN ELIZABETH II, LONGEST-REIGNING BRITISH MONARCH, DEAD AT 96 Queen Elizabeth II stands with U.S. President President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden in the Grand Corridor during First Lady Jill Biden visit at Windsor Castle, in Windsor Castle, Britain, June 13, 2021. ( Steve Parsons/Pool via REUTERS).

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