| 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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