monarch | ||
1. | [ noun ] (politics) a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right | |
Synonyms: | sovereign crowned_head | |
Related terms: | ruler head_of_state king Kaiser carlovingian emperor hanoverian capetian shah merovingian czar | |
2. | [ noun ] (zoology) large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed | |
Synonyms: | milkweed_butterfly Danaus_plexippus monarch_butterfly | |
Related terms: | danaid Danaus | |
Similar spelling: |
monarchy monarchic monarchal monarchist monarchism monarchial monorchism Monares menarche Monarrez |