mon|arch

mon|arch
mon|arch «MON uhrk», noun.
1. a king, queen, emperor, empress, or other ruler. A monarch is usually a hereditary sovereign with more or less limited powers, but more often had sole and absolute powers in earlier times.
2. Figurative. a person or thing like a monarch: »

The tall, solitary pine was monarch of the forest. The lion is the monarch of the jungle. Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains (Byron).

3. = monarch butterfly. (Cf.monarch butterfly)
[< Late Latin monarcha < Greek mónarchos < mónos alone + árchein to rule]

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