Definition of monarch in English:
monarch
noun ˈmɒnək
1A sovereign head of state, especially a king, queen, or emperor.
the reigning monarchthis followed an attempt by the deposed monarch to regain his throne- The British annexed Burma in 1886 during the reign of its last monarch - King Thibaw - who was taken to Calcutta, where he died in 1916.
- He managed to curry favour with a succession of kings of England and was consort to the nine-year-old monarch Henry III.
- When the Queen first began her reign, monarchs were expected to be somewhat detached, grand and distant figures, especially the British monarch.
- Stamboliiski boldly opposed Bulgaria's entry into the First World War in the face of the monarch Tsar Ferdinand.
- He shakes hands with the principality's reigning monarch, Prince Hans Adam II, at a garden fête.
- Ministers will be put under pressure to scrap the law that bans the eldest daughter of a British monarch from becoming queen if she has a brother.
- He returned to the throne in 1993 as a constitutional monarch who ‘reigns but does not govern.’
- Centuries after the city famously locked out the reigning monarch King Charles I, it was a time to forgive and forget.
- Being a constitutional monarch, the Queen consistently follows the recommendation of the head of government as required.
- Recently, the museum had the good fortune to acquire the portraits of the monarch and his queen illustrated here.
- In 1900, when Queen Victoria was our monarch, banks accounted for roughly a sixth of the value of the entire stock market.
- The English and French monarchs were kings and queens of the land and not the people.
- This should not be too surprising as emperors and monarchs had been famous in history for their love of flowers and gardens.
- The last time the monarch refused to give Royal Assent was in 1707 with Queen Anne.
- Although politically unified since the reign of the Catholic monarchs Ferdinand and Isabel in the late fifteenth century, Spain continues to be divided by regional loyalties.
- The 15th-century gothic church is the burial place of 10 monarchs, including Henry VIII, Charles I and the Queen's father, King George VI.
- They called themselves the king and supreme monarch of their respective monarchies by the mandate of heaven.
- Manuscript illumination flourished under the patronage of the dukes of Burgundy, kings of England, Portuguese monarchs, and Hapsburg rulers.
- Since then I have described the Queen as our monarch or sovereign, and the governor-general as our head of state.
- He served as a principal secretary to four successive Tudor monarchs, from Henry VIII to the early reign of Queen Elizabeth.
sovereign, ruler, Crown, crowned head, potentateking, queen, emperor, empress, prince, princess, tsar2A large migratory orange and black butterfly that occurs mainly in North America. The caterpillar feeds on milkweed, using the toxins in the plant to render both itself and the adult unpalatable to predators.
Danaus plexippus, subfamily Danainae, family Nymphalidae
Also called milkweed- Honey-bees glided over the roses and a monarch butterfly flew over the fence to land on a wing of the cherub.
- Conservationists and others concerned about the fate of the monarch butterfly may be heartened by a recent survey of milkweed distribution in the major U.S. corn-growing area.
- The most incredible butterfly journey, measured in thousands of miles compared with our painted lady's few hundred mile trip, belongs to the monarch butterfly of North America.
- Some insects, like the monarch butterfly, migrate to warmer climes in winter.
- During its final growth stage, the constantly feeding larva of a monarch butterfly consumes an amazing 2.25 times its own weight in milkweed per day.
3A flycatcher found in Africa, Asia, and Australasia, typically having boldly marked or colourful plumage.
Family Monarchidae (the monarch flycatcher family): many genera and numerous species
- White-bellied sea eagle, Blue-throated flycatcher and black-naped monarch flycatcher were some of the birds that could be sighted in the city.
Derivatives
monarchal
- This ideologically sets the country apart from other feudal, traditional, theocratic, primordial or monarchal systems of government.
- Even Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin agreed that immigrants from monarchal countries would likely bring their political ideas across the seas with them.
- He is clean-shaved; his lips are thin and sensitive; something rigid and monarchal in the set of his features lends a certain elevation to the character of his face.
- The classic seventeenth-century patriarchalism that linked monarchal and paternal creative power would not endure.
- He contended that every page of Mitford's History had falsehoods, all stemming from his anti-democratic passion and his excessive regard for monarchal and aristocratic power.
monarchial
- The king of the small Himalayan kingdom is now spearheading a move to form a constitution that would end the monarchial rule.
- Only three or four attained ministerial posts with some influence on national policies in an increasingly autocratic monarchial regime.
- Political reforms in 18th century Spain were carried out under monarchial absolutism.
- The earliest block, found in the monarchial period, appears in fact to be the most recent.
- The system provides for the perpetration of a monarchial power structure that should have been abandoned with our first revolution 228 years ago.
monarchic
- For several centuries until the end of monarchic historical Armenia in 1045 and Cilicia in 1375, there were aristocratic noble houses with their respective court-related responsibilities.
- The plan, according to the Lieutenant General in Naples, was to ‘establish monarchic authority, morality, and good sense in Naples and Sicily’.
- As Dickens perceived it, the root cause of the French Revolution lay in an abuse of monarchic and aristocratic power in the eighteenth century.
- The sceptre is believed to be a symbol for a monarchic or theocratic order, or a combination of the two.
- Also, he was uncomfortable with formality, dignity or the symbolic and monarchic aspects of the Presidency.
adjective məˈnɑːk(ə)l
adjective məˈnärkēəlməˈnɑːkɪəl
adjective məˈnɑːkɪk
Origin
Late Middle English: from late Latin monarcha, from Greek monarkhēs, from monos 'alone' + arkhein 'to rule'.
The word monarch comes via late Latin from Greek monarkhēs, from monos ‘alone’ and arkhein ‘to rule’. Monos also lies behind monastery (Late Middle English) which comes from monazein ‘to live alone’, while monk (Old English) comes from monakos ‘solitary’.
Definition of monarch in US English:
monarch
noun
1A sovereign head of state, especially a king, queen, or emperor.
the reigning monarchthis followed an attempt by the deposed monarch to regain his throne- Since then I have described the Queen as our monarch or sovereign, and the governor-general as our head of state.
- Although politically unified since the reign of the Catholic monarchs Ferdinand and Isabel in the late fifteenth century, Spain continues to be divided by regional loyalties.
- They called themselves the king and supreme monarch of their respective monarchies by the mandate of heaven.
- The British annexed Burma in 1886 during the reign of its last monarch - King Thibaw - who was taken to Calcutta, where he died in 1916.
- The English and French monarchs were kings and queens of the land and not the people.
- He managed to curry favour with a succession of kings of England and was consort to the nine-year-old monarch Henry III.
- The last time the monarch refused to give Royal Assent was in 1707 with Queen Anne.
- He served as a principal secretary to four successive Tudor monarchs, from Henry VIII to the early reign of Queen Elizabeth.
- Centuries after the city famously locked out the reigning monarch King Charles I, it was a time to forgive and forget.
- Stamboliiski boldly opposed Bulgaria's entry into the First World War in the face of the monarch Tsar Ferdinand.
- Recently, the museum had the good fortune to acquire the portraits of the monarch and his queen illustrated here.
- In 1900, when Queen Victoria was our monarch, banks accounted for roughly a sixth of the value of the entire stock market.
- When the Queen first began her reign, monarchs were expected to be somewhat detached, grand and distant figures, especially the British monarch.
- The 15th-century gothic church is the burial place of 10 monarchs, including Henry VIII, Charles I and the Queen's father, King George VI.
- Ministers will be put under pressure to scrap the law that bans the eldest daughter of a British monarch from becoming queen if she has a brother.
- He returned to the throne in 1993 as a constitutional monarch who ‘reigns but does not govern.’
- This should not be too surprising as emperors and monarchs had been famous in history for their love of flowers and gardens.
- Being a constitutional monarch, the Queen consistently follows the recommendation of the head of government as required.
- He shakes hands with the principality's reigning monarch, Prince Hans Adam II, at a garden fête.
- Manuscript illumination flourished under the patronage of the dukes of Burgundy, kings of England, Portuguese monarchs, and Hapsburg rulers.
sovereign, ruler, crown, crowned head, potentate2
see monarch butterfly- The most incredible butterfly journey, measured in thousands of miles compared with our painted lady's few hundred mile trip, belongs to the monarch butterfly of North America.
- During its final growth stage, the constantly feeding larva of a monarch butterfly consumes an amazing 2.25 times its own weight in milkweed per day.
- Conservationists and others concerned about the fate of the monarch butterfly may be heartened by a recent survey of milkweed distribution in the major U.S. corn-growing area.
- Some insects, like the monarch butterfly, migrate to warmer climes in winter.
- Honey-bees glided over the roses and a monarch butterfly flew over the fence to land on a wing of the cherub.
Origin
Late Middle English: from late Latin monarcha, from Greek monarkhēs, from monos ‘alone’ + arkhein ‘to rule’.