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Monarch \Mon"arch\, n. [F. monarque, L. monarcha, fr. Gr. ?, ?;
mo`nos 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.
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He who reigns
Monarch in heaven, . . . upheld by old repute.
--Milton.
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2. One superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is
called the monarch of the forest.
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3. A patron deity or presiding genius.
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Come, thou, monarch of the vine,
Plumpy Bacchus. --Shak.
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4. (Zool.) A very large red and black butterfly ({Danais
Plexippus}); -- called also {milkweed butterfly} and
{monarch butterfly}.
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Monarch \Mon"arch\, a.
Superior to others; preeminent; supreme; ruling. "Monarch
savage." --Pope.
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monarch butterfly \mon"arch but"ter*fly\, n. (Zool.)
A very large red and black butterfly ({Danais Plexippus})
having striking orange-brown wings with black veins in a
reticulated pattern; -- called also {milkweed butterfly} and
{monarch}. Its larvae feed on the leaves of the milkweed.
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