English > monarch: 2 senses > noun 1, person Meaning | A nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right. |
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Synonyms | sovereign, crowned head |
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Narrower | Capetian | A member of the Capetian dynasty |
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Carolingian, Carlovingian | A member of the Carolingian dynasty |
Merovingian | A member of the Merovingian dynasty |
Shah, Shah of Iran | title / title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran |
czar, tsar, tzar | A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917) |
emperor | The male ruler of an empire |
king, male monarch, Rex | A male sovereign |
Broader | head of state, chief of state | The chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government |
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ruler, swayer | A person who rules or commands |
Spanish | monarca, soberana, soberano |
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Catalan | monarca, sobirà |
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Adjectives | monarchal, monarchical | having the characteristics / characteristics of or befitting or worthy of a monarch |
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monarchal, monarchical, monarchic | ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch |
royal | of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen / queen or other monarch |