MONARCH

Monarch

A monarch is a supreme or absolute head of a state government, either in reality or symbolically. Such a government is known as a monarchy. A monarch typically either inherits sovereignty by birth or who is elected monarch and who typically rules for life or until abdication. Monarchs' true powers vary from monarchy to monarchy; on one extreme, they may be autocrats wielding genuine sovereignty; on the other they may be ceremonial heads of state who exercise little or no power or only reserve power, with actual authority vested in a parliament or other body .

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monarch

Noun

  1. The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.
  2. The monarch butterfly, , found in North America, so called because of the designs on its wings.


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