monarch
- noun
- /ˈmɒnərk/
- I must say you are the most beautiful monarch in the history of Montenaro.
- a constitutional monarch
- a ruling monarch
- subjects of monarchs
During the war, the correspondence between monarchs was pretty sparse.
- During the war, the correspondence between monarchs was pretty sparse.
- This was the unlimited monarch of state power.
- I referred to the Queen as our monarch.
- The steps are the soldier, the warrior and the monarch.
- I mean, it would be far better if Prince Charles was a ruling monarch like you have in UAE.
- But Alexander was a hereditary monarch, right?
- And they're like, clearly Queen Brittany was a very powerful monarch.
- And I think the reason for that being I've never known, you know, another monarch.
Examples
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Lear believes himself to be a good and responsible monarch.
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He sustained her throughout this extraordinary second Elizabethan age, now the longest reign of any monarch in our history.
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But the laws were there, and the monarch followed the laws.
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That he should speak to a monarch so?
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Who is the monarch here?
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I just wanted to make him see that being a monarch is a serious job.
Fiction book (1999) -
Well, the law states a monarch may only be named through succession or challenge.
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But Alexander was a hereditary monarch, right?
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Few English monarchs have such a poor reputation as Henry VI.
Academic text (2011) -
Tomorrow evening, our beloved monarch will celebrate her Diamond Jubilee.
Synonyms
A man who rules a country and usually gets the job from his family
A woman who rules a country or is the king's wife
A man who rules an empire made of many countries
A person who has power over a country or its people
A country's main public leader, like a president or king
A king or queen who rules a country and gets the position from their family
A very important Indian king who rules a large area
A king or queen who rules because they get the position from their family
A king or queen with complete power over a country
A woman who rules a country, for example a queen
A woman who rules a country because she inherited the throne
A man who rules a country as its king
A title for a powerful emperor used by Ottoman and Persian leaders
Antonyms
Compounds
A large orange and black butterfly that travels long distances and whose caterpillars eat milkweed
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Monarch comes from Greek parts mono- 'one' and -arch 'rule'. So a monarch is a single ruler, a king or queen who often inherits the job.