Monarch

Mon´arch

n.	1.	A sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief. He who reigns Monarch in heaven, . . . upheld by old repute. - Milton.
	2.	One superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is called the monarch of the forest.
	3.	A patron deity or presiding genius. Come, thou, monarch of the vine, Plumpy Bacchus. - Shak.
	4.	(Zool.) A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus); - called also milkweed butterfly and monarch butterfly.
a.	1.	Superior to others; preëminent; supreme; ruling.

Noun	1.	monarch - a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right Synonyms: crowned head, sovereign
	2.	monarch - large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed Synonyms: Danaus plexippus, milkweed butterfly, monarch butterfly