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monarch

monarch

41 5.1
A king or queen who rules a country and usually gets the job by birth
  • noun
  • /ˈmɒnərk/
translation icon : monarca
  • 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.

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Examples

  • Lear believes himself to be a good and responsible monarch.

  • He sustained her throughout this extraordinary second Elizabethan age, now the longest reign of any monarch in our history.

  • But the laws were there, and the monarch followed the laws.

  • That he should speak to a monarch so?

  • Who is the monarch here?

  • 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.

  • But Alexander was a hereditary monarch, right?

  • 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

king
vsmonarch
1.0

A man who rules a country and usually gets the job from his family

is broader, covering any hereditary national ruler regardless of rank
queen
vsmonarch
549 1.0

A woman who rules a country or is the king's wife

is the term for the ruling position itself, not marital status
emperor
vsmonarch
524 3.5

A man who rules an empire made of many countries

is usually for a single nation's leader rather than an empire ruler
ruler
vsmonarch
153 2.1

A person who has power over a country or its people

is narrower, focusing on national rule often by inheritance
head of state
vsmonarch
  • Formal
49 3.5

A country's main public leader, like a president or king

is specifically about national leadership often obtained by birth
sovereign
vsmonarch
40 7.2

A king or queen who rules a country and gets the position from their family

is the general term for a nation's leader, often inherited
maharaja
vsmonarch
4 8.1

A very important Indian king who rules a large area

is the general national leader term not tied to that culture
crowned head
vsmonarch
  • Literature
1 7.8

A king or queen who rules because they get the position from their family

is the neutral term for any national leader, especially inherited
sovran
vsmonarch
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A king or queen with complete power over a country

is the modern, common word for a nation's inherited leader
female monarch
vsmonarch
1 5.4

A woman who rules a country, for example a queen

is neutral about gender while still denoting inherited rule
queen regnant
vsmonarch
8.3

A woman who rules a country because she inherited the throne

is gender neutral and covers any inherited national ruler
male monarch
vsmonarch
4.6

A man who rules a country as its king

is gender neutral while still meaning an inherited national leader
padishah
vsmonarch
  • Archaic
9.9

A title for a powerful emperor used by Ottoman and Persian leaders

is a general term for a nation's hereditary leader, not a regional title

Antonyms

31 4.2

A person without a noble title who is an ordinary member of society

Compounds

A large orange and black butterfly that travels long distances and whose caterpillars eat milkweed

A woman who rules a country, for example a queen

A man who rules a country as its king

How Powerful

emperor
524 3.5
monarch
41 5.1
figurehead
15 7.2

Surface Forms

monarch singular
monarchs plural

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.