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‖ Grand Monarque|grɑ̃ mɔnark|
[Fr.]
The title given to Louis XIV. Also transf., a supreme and absolute ruler.
1699M. Lister Journey to Paris 25 There are an infinite number of Busto's of the Grand Monarque every where put up by the Common People. 1716Addison Freeholder No. 10 ¶ 6 His Governours of Towns and Provinces, who form'd themselves upon the Example of their Grand Monarque, practised Rapine, Violence, Extortion. 1842Barham Ingol. Leg. 2nd Ser. 22 'Twas the Grand Monarque's birthday. 1856Bagehot Coll. Works (1965) I. 379 How gravely admirable to see the grand monarque shaved, and dressed, and powdered. 1911Encycl. Brit. XVII. 42/2 Louis was singularly well fitted by his physical and intellectual gifts for the rôle of Grand Monarque and he played it to perfection. 1933D. Ogg Louis XIV 250 This fact may temper enthusiasm for the cult of the Grand Monarque. 1967D. W. Brogan in L. Norton tr. Mem. St.-Simon I. p. xix, Saint-Simon shows us the King with..his ‘courage never to submit or yield’ which enabled him..to be in 1715 still le grand monarque. |