monarch

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: mon=arch

CIDE DICTIONARY

monarch, n. [F. monarque, L. monarcha, fr. Gr. , ; mo`nos alone + to be first, rule, govern. See Archi-.].

•  A sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief.  [1913 Webster]

  "He who reigns
  Monarch in heaven, . . . upheld by old repute."  [1913 Webster]
•  One superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is called the monarch of the forest.  [1913 Webster]
•  A patron deity or presiding genius.  [1913 Webster]

  "Come, thou, monarch of the vine,
  Plumpy Bacchus."  [1913 Webster]
•  A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus); -- called also milkweed butterfly and monarch butterfly.  [1913 Webster]

monarch, a. 

 Superior to others; preëminent; supreme; ruling.  Pope.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

monarch, n.
1 a sovereign with the title of king, queen, emperor, empress, or the equivalent.
2 a supreme ruler.
3 a powerful or pre-eminent person.
4 a large orange and black butterfly, Danaus plexippus.

Derivative

monarchal adj. monarchic adj. monarchical adj. monarchically adv.

Etymology

ME f. F monarque or LL monarcha f. Gk monarkhes, -os, f. monos alone + arkho to rule

DEVIL DICTIONARY

monarch

n. A person engaged in reigning. Formerly the monarch ruled, as the derivation of the word attests, and as many subjects have had occasion to learn. In Russia and the Orient the monarch has still a considerable influence in public affairs and in the disposition of the human head, but in western Europe political administration is mostly entrusted to his ministers, he being somewhat preoccupied with reflections relating to the status of his own head.

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

monarch

Master

N master, padrone, lord, lord paramount, commander, commandant, captain, chief, chieftain, sirdar, sachem, sheik, head, senior, governor, ruler, dictator, leader, boss, cockarouse, sagamore, werowance, lord of the ascendant, cock of the walk, cock of the roost, gray mare, mistress, potentate, liege, liege lord, suzerain, sovereign, monarch, autocrat, despot, tyrant, oligarch, crowned head, emperor, king, anointed king, majesty, imperator, protector, president, stadholder, judge, ceasar, kaiser, czar, tsar, sultan, soldan, grand Turk, caliph, imaum, shah, padishah, sophi, mogul, great mogul, khan, lama, tycoon, mikado, tenno, inca, cazique, voivode, landamman, seyyid, Abuna, cacique, czarowitz, grand seignior, prince, duke, archduke, doge, elector, seignior, marland, margrave, rajah, emir, wali, sheik nizam, nawab, empress, queen, sultana, czarina, princess, infanta, duchess, margravine, czarevna, czarita, maharani, rani, rectrix, regent, viceroy, exarch, palatine, khedive, hospodar, beglerbeg, three-tailed bashaw, pasha, bashaw, bey, beg, dey, scherif, tetrarch, satrap, mandarin, subahdar, nabob, maharajah, burgrave, laird, collector, commissioner, deputy commissioner, woon, the authorities, the powers that be, the government, staff, etat major, aga, official, man in office, person in authority, sircar, sirkar, Sublime Porte, marshal, field marshal, marechal, general, generalissimo, commander in chief, seraskier, hetman, lieutenant general, major general, colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, centurion, skipper, lieutenant, first lieutenant, second lieutenant, sublieutenant, officer, staff officer, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigade major, adjutant, jemidar, ensign, cornet, cadet, subaltern, noncommissioned officer, warrant officer, sergeant, sergeant major, color sergeant, corporal, corporal major, lance corporal, acting corporal, drum major, captain general, dizdar, knight marshal, naik, pendragon, mayor, mayoralty, prefect, chancellor, archon, provost, magistrate, syndic, alcalde, alcaid, burgomaster, corregidor, seneschal, alderman, councilman, committeeman, councilwoman, warden, constable, portreeve, lord mayor, officer, dewan, fonctionnaire, admiral, admiralty, rear admiral, vice admiral, port admiral, commodore, captain, commander, lieutenant, ensign, skipper, mate, master, officer of the day, OD, navarch, da locum melioribus, der Furst ist der erste Diener seines Staats, the prince is the first servant of his state, lord of thy presence and no land beside.