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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French monarque, from Late Latin monarcha, from Ancient Greek μονάρχης (monárkhēs), variant of μόναρχος (mónarkhos, “sole ruler”), from μόνος (mónos, “only”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “leader”), equivalent to mono- + -arch.
- (butterfly): See monarch butterfly.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɒnək/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɑnɚk/, /ˈmɑnɑɹk/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]monarch (plural monarchs)
- The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.
- 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 25:
- Never was monarch better fear'd and lov'd / Than is your Majesty.
- A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and others of genus Danaus, found primarily in North America.
- 2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 223:
- But I know the monarchs are close by, their orange-and-black wings folded, dusted, and baked by heat, ready to flee south.
- (Aboriginal English) A police officer.
- 1961, Nene Gare, The Fringe Dwellers, Text Classics, published 2012, page 41:
- ‘Skippy gets off. An ya know the first thing e says to them monarch? E turns round on em an yelps, “An now ya can just gimme back that bottle.”’
- (often capitalised) A stag which has sixteen or more points or tines on its antlers.
- The chief or best thing of its kind.
- Any bird of the family Monarchidae.
- Synonym: monarch flycatcher
Usage notes
[edit]See monarchy.
Synonyms
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- absolute monarch
- African monarch (Danaus chrysippus)
- Biak monarch (Symposiachrus brehmii))
- constitutional monarch
- false monarch
- frilled monarch (Arses telescopthalmus)
- golden monarch (Carterornis chrysomela)
- monarch caterpillar
- monarch flycatcher (Monarchidae spp.)
- monarchical
- monarchism
- monarchist
- monarch of all one surveys
Translations
[edit]ruler
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butterfly Danaus plexippus
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References
[edit]Monarch butterfly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Danaus plexippus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
A monarch can have any of the following titles:
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch monarcha, from Latin monarcha, from Ancient Greek μονάρχης (monárkhēs), variant of μόναρχος (mónarkhos, “sole ruler”), from 'μόνος (mónos, “only”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “leader”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]monarch m (plural monarchen, diminutive monarchje n)
- monarch
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: monarg
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- en:Cervids
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