Definitions for monarch
ˈmɒn ərk, -ɑrkmonarch

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

1. sovereign, crowned head, monarch(noun)

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

2. monarch, monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly, Danaus plexippus(noun)

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

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. monarch(Noun)

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

2. monarch(Noun)

   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. Monarch(noun)

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

2. Monarch(noun)

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

3. Monarch(noun)

   a patron deity or presiding genius

4. Monarch(noun)

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

5. Monarch(adj)

   superior to others; preeminent; supreme; ruling

Origin: [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.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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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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?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say monarch in sign language?

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. Miguel de Cervantes:

   You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne.

2. John Major:

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

3. Kishore Kumar:

   They used to feed on cashew nuts during the days of the monarch, but now they don't even get enough corn and wheat to eat.

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. 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.

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