As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
monarchs
plural of monarch
• Romansch, chromans, nomarchs
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
20 May 2024
(adjective) affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste; “he stayed glued to one spot”; “pieces of pasted paper”
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.