monarch
UK/ˈmɒnək//ˈmɑnɚk/
monarch noun: the ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.
Noun
monarch (plural monarchs)
- The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.
- Never was monarch better fear'd and lov'd / Than is your Majesty.1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- Synonyms:
- sovereign
- A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and others of genus Danaus, found primarily in North America.
- But I know the monarchs are close by, their orange-and-black wings folded, dusted, and baked by heat, ready to flee south.2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 223
- A police officer.
- ‘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, published 2012, page 41
- A stag which has sixteen or more points or tines on its antlers.
- The chief or best thing of its kind.
- Any bird of the family Monarchidae.
- Synonyms:
- monarch flycatcher
Proper noun capitalized: Monarch
Monarch (countable and uncountable, plural Monarchs)
- A surname.
- A hamlet in Lethbridge County, Alberta.
- The Monarch, a mountain in British Columbia.
- Two other peaks with the affix "mountain": Monarch Mountain (Alberta) and Monarch Mountain (British Columbia).
- An unincorporated community near Monarch Pass, Chaffee County, Colorado.
- An unincorporated community in Cascade County, Montana.
- An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Sheridan County, Wyoming.
monarch meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
monarch in Hindi
- ruler
- राजा rājā, अधिराज adhirāj, सम्राट samrāṭ
monarch in Tamil
- ruler
- அரசன் aracaṉ
monarch in Marathi
- ruler
- राजा rājā
monarch in Urdu
- monarch
- راجا rājā
More languagesFewer languages
- monarch in Bengali
- সম্রাট śomraṭ, সম্রাজ্ঞী śomrajni
- monarch in Malayalam
- രാജാവ്, ഏകാധിപതി, സർവ്വാധിപതി
- monarch in Kannada
- ಅರಸ, ಪ್ರಭು, ರಾಜ, ಸಾಮ್ರಾಟ
- monarch in Punjabi
- ਰਾਜਾ rājā
- monarch in Sinhala
- සිංහල විකිපීඩියාවේ භාවිතය
- monarch in Tagalog
- monarka
- monarch in Arabic
- عَاهِل ʕāhil
- monarch in Malay
- ratu, raja, permaisuri, pemerintah
- monarch in Indonesian
- raja
- monarch in Persian
- مونارک monârk, پادِشاه pâdešâh, پادشاه pâdšâh, مَلَکه malake
- monarch in Thai
- กษัตริย์ gà-sàt
- monarch in Vietnamese
- vua, quân chủ, quốc vương
- monarch in Myanmar
- ဘုရင် bhu.rang
Examples of monarch in a sentence
- The flutter that passed us by was made up of monarch butterflies.
- The monarchs of Spain and the UK have a common ancestor namely Queen Victoria.
- The crownings of the two successive monarchs were only a year apart.
Synonyms of monarch
Forms of monarch
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | monarchs |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Monarchs |
Origin of monarch
From Middle French monarque, from Late Latin monarcha, from Ancient Greek μονάρχης (monárkhēs), variant of μόναρχος (mónarkhos, “sole ruler”), from μόνος (mónos, “only”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “leader”), equivalent to mono- + -arch. * (butterfly): See monarch butterfly.
Words formed from monarch
- absolute monarch
- African monarch
- Biak monarch
- constitutional monarch
- false monarch
- frilled monarch
- golden monarch
- monarch caterpillar
- monarchess
- monarch flycatcher
- Monarchian
- monarchic
- monarchical
- monarchism
- monarchist
- monarchistic
- monarchize
- monarchlike
- monarch of all one surveys
- monarchology
- unmonarch
Phrases with monarch
Questions about monarch
- What does monarch mean?
- Monarch means the ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.
- What is monarch in Hindi?
- Monarch in Hindi is राजा (rājā), अधिराज (adhirāj), सम्राट (samrāṭ). See Monarch meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is monarch?
- Monarch can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce monarch?
- Monarch is pronounced /ˈmɒnək/ (UK).
- What is the plural of monarch?
- The plural of monarch is monarchs.
Words near monarch in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: monarch (page history and authors); Monarch (page history and authors); راجا (Urdu) (page history and authors); monarch (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monarch (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monarch (Sinhala Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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