单词 | monarch |
释义 | mon·arch ![]() n. 1. One who reigns over a state or territory, usually for life and by hereditary right, especially: a. A sole and absolute ruler. b. A sovereign, such as a king or empress, often with constitutionally limited authority: a constitutional monarch. 2. One that commands or rules: "I am monarch of all I survey" (William Cowper). 3. One that surpasses others in power or preeminence: "Mont Blanc is the monarch of the mountains" (Byron). 4. A monarch butterfly. [Middle English monarke, from Old French monarque, from Late Latin monarcha, from Greek monarkhos : mono-, mono- + arkhein, to rule.] mo·narchal (mə-närkəl), mo·narchic (-kĭk), mo·narchi·cal (-kĭ-kəl) adj. mo·narchal·ly, mo·narchi·cal·ly adv. |
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