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mon·arch I. \ˈmänə(r)k, -äˌnärk, -ˌnȧk\ noun (-s) Etymology: Late Latin monarcha, from Greek monarchēs, monarchos, from mon- + -archēs, -archos arch (n. comb. form) 1. : a person who reigns over a major territorial unit (as a kingdom or empire) usually for life and by hereditary succession: as a. : one invested with sovereign power and exercising direct and effective control over the functions of government < an absolute monarch > b. : one acting primarily as chief of state and carrying out political functions limited in nature and extent (as by custom or a written constitution) < a constitutional monarch > — compare czar, emperor, kaiser, king, queen 2. : one held to resemble a monarch in sovereign power or preeminent position < the live oak is the monarch of the Texas low forests — American Guide Series: Texas > < of as much interest to them as the business of any money monarch is to him — H.R.Penniman > < cotton, monarch of the textile world — Wall Street Journal > 3. also monarch butterfly : a large American butterfly (Danaus plexippus) having orange-brown wings with black veins and borders and characterized by larvae that feed on milkweed and by an annual two-way migration — compare viceroy 2 [monarch butterfly] II. intransitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) : to play the monarch — often used with it < monarchs it in his own closet — Common Sense > III. adjective Etymology: mon- + -arch (adjective comb. form) : having only one xylem strand or group — used especially of roots |