5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Monarch \Mon"arch\, n. [F. monarque L. monarcha, fr Gr ?, ?;
? 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. (Zo["o]l.) A very large red and black butterfly ({Danais
Plexippus}); -- called also {milkweed butterfly}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Monarch \Mon"arch\, a.
Superior to others pre["e]minent; supreme; ruling. ``Monarch
savage.'' --Pope.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
monarch
n 1: the ruler of a nation [syn: {sovereign}, {crowned head}]
2: large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings
with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed
[syn: {monarch butterfly}, {milkweed butterfly}, {Danaus
plexippus}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Monarch, MT
Zip code(s): 59463
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
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.
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