monarch, monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly, Danaus plexippus
(noun) large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed
sovereign, crowned head, monarch
(noun) a nation’s ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
Source: WordNet® 3.1
monarch (plural monarches)
The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.
The monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, and others of genus Danaus, found primarily in North America, so called because of the designs on its wings.
(Aboriginal English) A police officer.
(often capitalised) A stag which has sixteen or more points or tines on its antlers.
The chief or best thing of its kind.
• (ruler): autocrat, autocrator, big man, despot, dictator, Führer, potentate, sovereign, tyrant
• (ruler): emperor, empress, king, queen
• chroman, nomarch
Source: Wiktionary
Mon"arch, n. Etym: [F. monarque, L. monarcha, fr. Gr. Archi-.]
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. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus); -- called also milkweed butterfly.
Mon"arch, a.
Definition: Superior to others; preëminent; supreme; ruling. "Monarch savage." Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
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