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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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