Definition of Monach
Mon"arch (?), n. [F. monarque,
L. monarcha, fr. Gr. &?;, &?;; mo`nos alone + &?;
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. Shak.
4. (Zoöl.) A very large red and
black butterfly (Danais Plexippus); -- called also milkweed
butterfly.
Mon"arch, a. Superior to others;
preëminent; supreme; ruling. "Monarch savage."
Pope.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
MONARCH, n. A person engaged in reigning. Formerly the monarch
ruled, as the derivation of the word attests, and as many subjects
have had occasion to learn. In Russia and the Orient the monarch has
still a considerable influence in public affairs and in the
disposition of the human head, but in western Europe political
administration is mostly entrusted to his ministers, he being
somewhat preoccupied with reflections relating to the status of his
own head.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.
Quotations
*1598: Never was monarch better fear'd and lov'd Than is your Majesty. — William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act II, Scene II, line 25.
- A migratory butterfly, Danaus plexippus, found in North America. See w:en:Monarch butterfly.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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