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.

Source: THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
 

monarch butterfly \mon"arch but"ter*fly\, n. (Zool.) A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus) having striking orange-brown wings with black veins in a reticulated pattern; -- called also milkweed butterfly and monarch. Its larvae feed on the leaves of the milkweed. [1913 Webster +PJC]

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Monarch \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. [1913 Webster]

He who reigns Monarch in heaven, . . . upheld by old repute. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. One superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is called the monarch of the forest. [1913 Webster]

3. A patron deity or presiding genius. [1913 Webster]

Come, thou, monarch of the vine, Plumpy Bacchus. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

4. (Zool.) A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus); -- called also milkweed butterfly and monarch butterfly. [1913 Webster]

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Monarch \Mon"arch\, a. Superior to others; preeminent; supreme; ruling. "Monarch savage." --Pope. [1913 Webster]

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34 Moby Thesaurus words for "monarch": anointed king, boss, chief, chieftain, crowned head, czar, dynast, emperor, empress, grand duke, high chief, imperator, king, king-emperor, kinglet, lord, lord paramount, majesty, master, overlord, owner, paramount, petty king, potentate, prince, prince consort, queen, royal, royal personage, royalty, ruler, sovereign, suzerain, tetrarch

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monarch

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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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Monarch \Mon"arch\, a. Superior to others; pre["e]minent; supreme; ruling. ``Monarch savage.'' --Pope.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)