Monarch

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              He who reigns
              Monarch in heaven, . . . upheld by old repute.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. One superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is
        called the monarch of the forest.
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     3. A patron deity or presiding genius.
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              Come, thou, monarch of the vine,
              Plumpy Bacchus.                       --Shak.
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     4. (Zool.) A very large red and black butterfly ({Danais
        Plexippus}); -- called also {milkweed butterfly} and
        {monarch butterfly}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Monarch \Mon"arch\, a.
     Superior to others; preeminent; supreme; ruling. "Monarch
     savage." --Pope.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  monarch
       n 1: a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary
            right [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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

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.
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Monarch, MT
    Zip code(s): 59463