a person who rules a country, for example a king or a queen Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivereigning, absolute, constitutional, … monarch + verbreign, rule phrasesthe power of the monarch See full entry Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin monarcha, from Greek monarkhēs, from monos ‘alone’ + arkhein ‘to rule’. Wordfinderkingabdicate, accede, crown, king, government, monarch, throne, reign, royal, successionExtra examples a new law which limited the power of the monarch Queen Victoria was England’s longest reigning monarch. The constitutional monarch , as head of state, has limited powers.
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