monarch
noun/ˈmɒnək/
/ˈmɑːnərk/, /ˈmɑːnɑːrk/
- a person who rules a country, for example a king or a queen
- a new law which limited the power of the monarch
- Queen Elizabeth II was England's longest reigning monarch.
- The constitutional monarch , as head of state, has limited powers.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- reigning
- absolute
- constitutional
- …
- reign
- rule
- the power of the monarch
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin monarcha, from Greek monarkhēs, from monos ‘alone’ + arkhein ‘to rule’.Definitions on the go
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