monarch
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noun
1. a
sovereign
head
of
state
, especially a
king
,
queen
, or
emperor
:
君主, 国王, 皇帝
e.g.
the reigning monarch
e.g.
this followed an attempt by the deposed monarch to regain his throne.
2. see
monarch butterfly
.
DERIVATIVES
monarchal
|məˈnärkəl| adjective
monarchial
adjective
monarchic
|məˈnärkik| adjective
ORIGIN
late
Middle English
: from late
Latin
monarcha
, from
Greek
monarkhēs
, from
monos
‘
alone
’ +
arkhein
‘to
rule
’.