Hypertext Webster Gateway: "monarch"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Monarch \Mon"arch\, n. [F. monarque, L. monarcha, fr. Gr. ?, ?;
? 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.
He who reigns Monarch in heaven, . . . upheld by old
repute. --Milton.
2. One superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is
called the monarch of the forest.
3. A patron deity or presiding genius.
Come, thou, monarch of the vine, Plumpy Bacchus.
--Shak.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A very large red and black butterfly ({Danais
Plexippus}); -- called also {milkweed butterfly}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Monarch \Mon"arch\, a.
Superior to others; pre["e]minent; supreme; ruling. ``Monarch
savage.'' --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
monarch
n 1: a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary
right [syn: {sovereign}, {crowned head}]
2: large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings
with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed
[syn: {monarch butterfly}, {milkweed butterfly}, {Danaus
plexippus}]
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