English noun: monarch |
1. | monarch (person) a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right |
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| Synonyms | crowned head, sovereign |
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| Broader (hypernym) | chief of state, head of state, ruler, swayer |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Capetian, Carlovingian, Carolingian, czar, emperor, king, male monarch, Merovingian, Rex, Shah, Shah of Iran, tsar, tzar |
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2. | monarch (animal) large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed |
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| Synonyms | Danaus plexippus, milkweed butterfly, monarch butterfly |
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| Broader (hypernym) | danaid, danaid butterfly |
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| Member meronym | Danaus, genus Danaus |
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