Monarch
['mɒnək] or ['mɑnɚk]
Definition
(noun.) large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed.
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Definition
(n.) A sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief.
(n.) One superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is called the monarch of the forest.
(n.) A patron deity or presiding genius.
(n.) A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus); -- called also milkweed butterfly.
(a.) Superior to others; preeminent; supreme; ruling.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Autocrat, despot.[2]. Sovereign, king, emperor, potentate.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:King, sovereign, despot, tyrant, czar
ANT:Peer, subject
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Definition
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.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
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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Examples
- So it was that the priests of Egypt conquered their conqueror, and an Aryan monarch first became a god. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Another view of man, my second brings; Behold him there, the monarch of the seas! Jane Austen. Emma.
- Behold him there, the monarch of the seas! Jane Austen. Emma.
- In 277 the reigning monarch had him crucified and his body, for some unknown reason, flayed, and there began a fierce persecution of his adherents. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They relate how he began to wear the robes and tiara of a Persian monarch. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Among the chief pleasures of the Catholic monarch between meals during this time of retirement were funeral services. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Alaric made a puppet of the eastern monarch and Stilicho of the western. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The dominions of the emperor Tai-tsung (627), the second Tang monarch, extended southward into Annam and westward to the Caspian Sea. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But one monarch in the world was alive to the threat of the new power that lay in the hands of Cyrus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This William II meant to make a noise in the world, a louder noise than any other monarch had ever made. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Crassus found himself against the Scythian again; against mobile tribes of horsemen led by a monarch in Median costume. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Up, up he went to the waving pinnacle of a lofty monarch of the forest where his heavy pursuer dared not follow him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- With what majesty the monarch held his lonely state above the level sea! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The next exploit of the young monarch was to quarrel with the old Chancellor, Bismarck, who had made the new German Empire, and to dismiss him (1890). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The monarch was frantic at the loss of his son. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Only the first of the Han monarchs continued the policy of Shi-Hwang-ti against the _literati_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- All other monarchs in Europe paled before him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- My brother William,' said the old man admiringly, 'is fit company for monarchs; but not so your uncle, my dear. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- As we have already told in Chapter XVI, he was almost the last of the Assyrian monarchs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They were prepared to tolerate his rule if they themselves might also be monarchs of their lands and businesses and trades and what not. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Church and monarchs in their mutual grapple for power were both calling to their aid the thoughts of the common man. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He is one of the few monarchs in history who cared for his successor. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Akbar next perhaps to Asoka, was one of the greatest of Indian monarchs, and one of the few royal figures that approach the stature of great men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And, fled from monarchs, Mount Charles, dwells with thee! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- We will not follow the fluctuations of the power and prestige of the English Parliament through the time of the Tudor monarchs (_i. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We have already noted the name of Sennacherib, the son of Sargon II, among the monarchs of the Assyrian Empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- So challenged, many of the monarchs became apologetic and fussily useful. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was her Europe: her emperor: her allied monarchs and august prince regent. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- As with most monarchs of great states, they did not guide their empire; they were carried by it. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A series of Popes pursued the policy of supporting the French monarchs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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