What does monarch mean?
Definitions for monarch
ˈmɒn ərk, -ɑrkmonarch
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word monarch.
Princeton's WordNet
sovereign, crowned head, monarchnoun
a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
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
monarchnoun
The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.
monarchnoun
The monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, found in North America, so called because of the designs on its wings.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
MONARCHnoun
Etymology: monarch, Fr. μόναρχος.
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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
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.
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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
Monarchnoun
a sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief
Monarchnoun
one superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is called the monarch of the forest
Monarchnoun
a patron deity or presiding genius
Monarchnoun
a very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus); -- called also milkweed butterfly
Monarchadjective
superior to others; preeminent; supreme; ruling
Etymology: [F. monarque, L. monarcha, fr. Gr. , ; mo`nos alone + to be first, rule, govern. See Archi-.]
Wikidata
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
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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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'monarch' in Nouns Frequency: #3028
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of monarch in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of monarch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of monarch in a Sentence
In Virginia we have a very personal feeling about the queen because she came to Virginia as a young monarch in 1957 to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Jamestown settlement, she came back with Prince Philip in 2007 when I was governor, so my wife and I hosted her at the governor's mansion, traveled with her and Prince Philip to Jamestown.
No prime minister must ever treat the monarch or parliament in this way again.
George VI and Charlotte are very traditional, historic, English names, although this is slightly different in that their first child, Prince George VI, is likely to be the monarch, and this child will likely not. So they can be a little bit different with the name.
It could reduce the monarch to an essentially ceremonial and charitable role, the new involvement of the Supreme Court doesn't question the existence of the monarchy - yet. But if certain decisions and prerogatives are going to be controlled or taken away, then what has the prime minister got to go to speak to the queen about each week?
Has Vlad-i-mir Put-in become a class-ical mir-a-cle, a chron-icled obsta-cle, a convent-icle ora-cle, a pirat-ical spect-acle, a man-acled veh-icle, a tent-acled parti-cle, a monarch-ical art-icle, a cubi-cle recept-acle, a mon-acled cor-pus-cle, a pinn-acled ic-icle or a tri-ckled tre-acle?
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- عاهلArabic
- батшаBashkir
- monarcaCatalan, Valencian
- panovník, monarchaCzech
- monarkDanish
- Monarch, Fürst, MonarchinGerman
- μονάρχηςGreek
- monarcaSpanish
- monarkaBasque
- مونارکPersian
- monarkki, hallitsijaFinnish
- monarqueFrench
- monarcIrish
- ard-reeManx
- सम्राटHindi
- keisari, einvaldsherra, einvaldur þjóðhöfðingi furstadæmis, einvaldur þjóðhöfðingi konungsríkis, fursti, einvaldur, höfðingi, einvaldur þjóðhöfðingi keisaradæmis, drottning, jöfur, konungurIcelandic
- monarcaItalian
- 君主, 王Japanese
- monarhsLatvian
- монарх, владетелMacedonian
- raja, pemerintah, ratu, permaisuriMalay
- monarchDutch
- monarkNorwegian
- monarcha, monarchiniPolish
- monarcaPortuguese
- monarhRomanian
- монархRussian
- monarkSwedish
- hükümdar, hakanTurkish
- بادشاہUrdu
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