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Monarch
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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. A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus); -- called also milkweed butterfly.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Superior to others; preëminent; supreme; ruling. "Monarch savage." Pope.