noun. One who reigns over a state or territory, usually for life and by hereditary right, especially.

noun. A sole and absolute ruler.

noun. A sovereign, such as a king or empress, often with constitutionally limited authority.

noun. One that commands or rules.

noun. One that surpasses others in power or preeminence.

noun. A monarch butterfly.

noun. The chief of a monarchy; a supreme governor for life, entitled variously emperor (or empress), king (or queen), czar (or czarina), sultan, shah, etc.; primarily, a sole or autocratic ruler of a state, but in modern times generally a hereditary sovereign with more or less limited powers. See monarchy.

noun. Any possessor of absolute power or superiority; one who or that which holds a dominating or preëminent position, literally or figuratively: as, the oak is the monarch of the forest.

noun. Synonyms King, etc. (see prince), potentate, autocrat, despot.

noun. A sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief.

noun. One superior to all others of the same kind.

noun. A patron deity or presiding genius.

noun. A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus); -- called also milkweed butterfly and monarch butterfly.

adjective. Superior to others; preëminent; supreme; ruling.

noun. The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.

noun. The monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, found in North America, so called because of the designs on its wings.

noun. large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed

noun. a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right

"To this day, the monarch is the “commander-in-chief” of the British armed forces."

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danaid  danaid butterfly  

God  conqueror  duke  emperor  empire  

Caesar  Kaiser  Pharaoh  anointed king  autocrat  

milkweed butterfly  monarch butterfly