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# monarch

noun (a monarch, monarchs)

«monarch» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A monarch is a king or queen (or emperor or empress) who rules a country, usually because they were born into the royal family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monarch/#m1)
2. A monarch (butterfly) is a large orange-and-black butterfly of North America that travels very long distances. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monarch/#m2)

### In the lessons

In history and citizenship: the British monarch, absolute monarchs, a monarchy (a country with a monarch). In science (USA, Canada): monarch butterflies migrating to Mexico.

### Examples

- The monarch opened Parliament with a speech. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monarch/#x1)
- Henry the Eighth was a famous English monarch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monarch/#x2)
- The country's monarch has little real power today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monarch/#x3)
- Monarch butterflies fly thousands of kilometres. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monarch/#x4)
- A monarch usually inherits the throne. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monarch/#x5)
- We made a timeline of all the monarchs we studied. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monarch/#x6)
- “Give me my horn,” said the gracious monarch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monarch/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Related: monarchy (system or country), monarchist. «Mon-» comes from Greek «one»: one ruler. Said MON-ark.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «monarch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monarch/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«monarch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/monarch.html) on Mova free.