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monarch

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1. monarch - Noun

2. monarch - Adjective

3. Monarch - Proper noun

Meaning

A sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief.

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.

A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus); -- called also milkweed butterfly.

Superior to others; preeminent; supreme; ruling.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world. Pierre Corneille

The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with wild imprecations the most faithful of his courtiers to shipwreck, disaster, and death. Joseph Conrad

A careless song, with a little nonsense in it now and then, does not misbecome a monarch. Horace Walpole

Korell is that frequent phenomenon in history : the republic whose ruler has every attribute of the absolute monarch but the name. It therefore enjoyed the usual despotism unrestrained even by those two moderating influences in the legitimate monarchies: regal "honor" and court etiquette. Isaac Asimov

I am called The richest monarch in the Christian world; The sun in my dominion never sets. Friedrich Schiller

If a man were living in isolation his income would be literally his product. Make him the monarch and owner of an island, and the fruits that he raises and the clothing that he makes constitute, in themselves, his income. This ceases to be true when trading begins. John Bates Clark

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