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.
One superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is called the monarch of the forest.
A patron deity or presiding genius. Come, thou, monarch of the vine, Plumpy Bacchus. Shak.
A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus); -- called also milkweed butterfly.
Superior to others; preëminent; supreme; ruling. "Monarch savage." Pope.
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