monarch
pronunciation
How to pronounce monarch in British English:
UK [ˈmɒnək]
How to pronounce monarch in American English:
US [ˈmɑːnərk]
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- Noun:
- a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
- large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed
Word Origin
- monarch (n.)
- mid-15c., from Middle French monarque (14c.) or directly from Late Latin monarcha, from Greek monarkhes "one who rules alone" (see monarchy). As a type of large butterfly, from 1890.
Example
- 1. Queen elizabeth ii would remain scotland 's monarch .
- 2. But he is a monarch without a nation .
- 3. Type : parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarch .
- 4. Monarch caterpillar has now been spotted in places such as bermuda .
- 5. Customers often pose for photographs next to the pictures of britain 's future monarch .