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    Monarch , n. [F. monarque, L. monarcha, fr. Gr. , ; μόνος alone +  to be first, rule, govern. See Archi-.]
    1. A sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief.
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      He who reigns
      Monarch in heaven, . . . upheld by old repute.
      Milton.

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    2. One superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is called the monarch of the forest.
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    3. A patron deity or presiding genius.
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      Come, thou, monarch of the vine,
      Plumpy Bacchus.
      Shak.

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    4. (Zool.) A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus); -- called also milkweed butterfly and monarch butterfly.
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    monarch butterfly, n. (Zool.) A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus) having striking orange-brown wings with black veins in a reticulated pattern; -- called also milkweed butterfly and monarch. Its larvae feed on the leaves of the milkweed.
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