Monarch

Mon′arch

,

Noun.

[F.

monarque

, L.

monarcha

, fr. Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK];

μόνοσ

alone + [GREEK] to be first, rule, govern. See

Archi-

.]

1.

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

He who reigns

Monarch

in heaven, . . . upheld by old repute.

Milton.

2.

One superior to all others of the same kind;

as, an oak is called the

monarch

of the forest

.

3.

A patron deity or presiding genius.

Come, thou,

monarch

of the vine,
Plumpy Bacchus.

Shakespeare

4.

(Zool.)

A very large red and black butterfly (

Danais Plexippus

); – called also

milkweed butterfly

and

monarch butterfly

.

Mon′arch

,

Adj.

Superior to others; preeminent; supreme; ruling.

“Monarch savage.”

Pope.

Monarch

MON'ARCH

,

Noun.

[Gr. sole, and a chief.]

1.

The prince or ruler of a nation, who exercises all the powers of government without control, or who is vested with absolute sovereign power; an emperor, king or prince invested with

an unlimited power. This is the strict sense of the word.

2.

A king or prince, the supreme magistrate of a nation, whose powers are in some respects limited by the constitution of the government. Thus we call the king of Great Britain a monarch, although he can make no law without the consent of parliament.

3.

He or that which is superior to others of the same kind; as, an oak is called the monarch of the forest; a lion the monarch of wild beasts.

4.

One that presides; president; as Bacchus, monarch of the vine.

MON'ARCH

,

Adj.

Supreme; ruling; as a monarch savage.

Monarch

See also: monarch

German

Noun

Monarch m ‎(genitive Monarchen, plural Monarchen, feminine Monarchin)

monarch (head of state in a monarchy)

Declension

Declension of Monarch

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Monarch	die	Monarchen
genitive	eines	des	Monarchen	der	Monarchen
dative	einem	dem	Monarchen	den	Monarchen
accusative	einen	den	Monarchen	die	Monarchen

Related terms

Monarchie

monarch

See also: Monarch

English

A monarch butterfly.

Noun

monarch ‎(plural monarchs)

The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act II, Scene II, line 25.
  Never was monarch better fear'd and lov'd / Than is your Majesty.
The monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, found primarily in North America, so called because of the designs on its wings.
(Australia, slang) Police.
- 1961, Nene Gare, The Fringe Dwellers, Text Classics 2012, p. 41:
  ‘Skippy gets off. An ya know the first thing e says to them monarch? E turns round on em an yelps, “An now ya can just gimme back that bottle.”’

Usage notes

See monarchy#Usage notes

Synonyms

(ruler): autocrat, autocrator, big man, despot, dictator, Führer, potentate, sovereign, tyrant

Derived terms

Hyponyms

(ruler): emperor, empress, king, queen

Translations

ruler

Afrikaans: monarg
Albanian: monark (sq) m
Amharic: ንጉሥ m ‎(nəguś)
Arabic: عَاهِل m ‎(ʿāhil)
Armenian: միապետ (hy) ‎(miapet), ինքնակալ (hy) ‎(inkʿnakal)
Azeri: monarx
Bashkir: батша ‎(batša)
Basque: monarka (eu)
Belarusian: манарх m ‎(manarx)
Breton: unpenn m
Bulgarian: монарх (bg) m ‎(monarh)
Burmese: ဘုရင် (my) ‎(bhu.rang)
Catalan: monarca (ca) m, f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 君主 (zh) ‎(jūnzhǔ), 王 (zh) ‎(wáng)
Czech: panovník (cs) m, monarcha (cs) m
Danish: monark (da) c
Dutch: monarch (nl) m
Erzya: вейкинязор ‎(vejkinjazor)
Esperanto: monarĥo, monarko
Estonian: monarh
Finnish: monarkki (fi)
French: monarque (fr) m
Galician: monarca (gl) m, f
Georgian: მონარხი ‎(monarxi), მეფე (ka) ‎(mepe)
German: Monarch (de) m, Monarchin (de) f, Fürst (de) m
Greek: μονάρχης (el) m ‎(monárchis)
Hebrew: מונרך m ‎(monárk)
Hindi: राजा (hi) m ‎(rājā)
Hungarian: uralkodó (hu), egyeduralkodó (hu), fejedelem (hu), monarcha
Icelandic: einvaldsherra m, konungur (is) m, drottning (is) f, fursti m, keisari (is) m, einvaldur m, einvaldur þjóðhöfðingi konungsríkis m, einvaldur þjóðhöfðingi keisaradæmis m, einvaldur þjóðhöfðingi furstadæmis m, höfðingi (is) m, jöfur (is) m,
Ido: monarko (io)
Indonesian: raja (id)
Irish: monarc m
Italian: monarca m

Japanese: 君主 (ja) ‎(くんしゅ, kunshu), 王 (ja) ‎(おう, ō)
Khmer: ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ ‎(preăhmôhaksâtrâ)
Korean: 군주 (ko) ‎(gunju)
Lao: ທິລາດ ‎(thi lāt)
Latvian: monarhs m
Lithuanian: monarchas m
Macedonian: монарх m ‎(monarh), владетел m ‎(vladetel)
Malay: ratu, raja (ms), permaisuri, pemerintah (ruler)
Maltese: monarka m
Manx: ard-ree m
Marathi: राजा m ‎(rājā)
Mongolian: ван (mn) ‎(van)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: monark (no) m

Nynorsk: monark m
Novial: rege
Persian: مونارک ‎(monârk)
Polish: monarcha (pl) m, monarchini (pl) f
Portuguese: monarca (pt) m, f
Punjabi: ਰਾਜਾ m ‎(rājā)
Romanian: monarh (ro) m
Russian: мона́рх (ru) m ‎(monárx)
Scottish Gaelic: mhonarc m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: монарх m

Roman: monarh (sh) m
Slovak: panovník m, monarcha m
Slovene: monarh (sl) m
Spanish: monarca (es) m, f
Swedish: monark (sv) c
Tamil: அரசன் (ta) ‎(aracaṉ)
Thai: กษัตริย์ (th) ‎(gà-sàt)
Turkish: hakan (tr), hükümdar (tr)
Ukrainian: монарх m ‎(monarx)
Vietnamese: vua (vi), quân chủ (vi), quốc vương (vi)
Welsh: teyrn m

butterfly Danaus plexippus

Finnish: monarkkiperhonen (fi)

Galician: bolboreta monarca f

Anagrams

chroman

Dutch

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: mo‧narch

Etymology

Latin monarchia, from Ancient Greek μονάρχης ‎(monárkhēs), variant of μόναρχος ‎(mónarkhos, “sole ruler”), from 'μόνος ‎(mónos, “only”) + ἀρχός ‎(arkhós, “leader”).

Noun

monarch m ‎(plural monarchen, diminutive monarchje n)

monarch

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