Pronunciation Noun
monarch (plural monarchs)
- The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act II, Scene II, line 25.
- Never was monarch better fear'd and lov'd / Than is your Majesty.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act II, Scene II, line 25.
- The monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, and others of genus Danaus, found primarily in North America, so called because of the designs on its wings.
- (Aboriginal English) A police officer.
- 1961, Nene Gare, The Fringe Dwellers, Text Classics 2012, p. 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.”’
- 1961, Nene Gare, The Fringe Dwellers, Text Classics 2012, p. 41:
- (often capitalised) A stag which has sixteen or more points or tines on its antlers.
- The chief or best thing of its kind.
- French: monarque
- German: Monarch, Monarchin, Fürst
- Italian: monarca
- Portuguese: monarca
- Russian: мона́рх
- Spanish: monarca
- Portuguese: borboleta-monarca
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