monarch

6 definitions found

monarch - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  monarch butterfly \mon"arch but"ter*fly\, n. (Zool.)
     A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus)
     having striking orange-brown wings with black veins in a
     reticulated pattern; -- called also milkweed butterfly and
     monarch. Its larvae feed on the leaves of the milkweed.
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  Monarch \Mon"arch\, n. [F. monarque, L. monarcha, fr. Gr. ?, ?;
     mo`nos alone + ? to be first, rule, govern. See Archi-.]
     1. A sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler;
        an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief.
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              He who reigns
              Monarch in heaven, . . . upheld by old repute.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. One superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is
        called the monarch of the forest.
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     3. A patron deity or presiding genius.
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              Come, thou, monarch of the vine,
              Plumpy Bacchus.                       --Shak.
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     4. (Zool.) A very large red and black butterfly (Danais  Plexippus
        ); -- called also milkweed butterfly and
        monarch butterfly.
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  Monarch \Mon"arch\, a.
     Superior to others; preeminent; supreme; ruling. "Monarch
     savage." --Pope.
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monarch - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  monarch
      n 1: a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary
           right [syn: sovereign, crowned head, monarch]
      2: large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings
         with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed
         [syn: monarch, monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly,
         Danaus plexippus]

monarch - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Monarch, MT
    Zip code(s): 59463

monarch - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "monarch":
     anointed king, boss, chief, chieftain, crowned head, czar, dynast,
     emperor, empress, grand duke, high chief, imperator, king,
     king-emperor, kinglet, lord, lord paramount, majesty, master,
     overlord, owner, paramount, petty king, potentate, prince,
     prince consort, queen, royal, royal personage, royalty, ruler,
     sovereign, suzerain, tetrarch