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

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  1. n. A sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief.
  2. n. One superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is called the monarch of the forest.
  3. n. A patron deity or presiding genius.
  4. n. A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus); -- called also milkweed butterfly.
  5. a. Superior to others; preeminent; supreme; ruling.
  6. n. a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
  7. n. large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed
  8. 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. (Zoöl.) A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus); -- called also milkweed butterfly. Superior to others; preëminent; supreme; ruling. "Monarch savage." Pope.
  9. A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus); --called also milkweed butterfly.
  10. n:100 n. large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed