monarch (monark)

[Early mod. arke; IMG:content-0862.png:[blocks in formation] The throned monarch better than his crown. Shak ., M. of V., iv. 1. 189. The Sovereign, if a single person, is or should be called a Monarch. Maine , Early Hist. of Institutions, p. 350. 2. Any po e or of absolute power or superiority; one who or that which holds a dominating or preeminent position, literally or figuratively: as, the oak is the monarch of the forest. Come, thou monarch of the vine, Plumpy Bacchus with pink eyne! Shak., A. and C., ii. 7 (song). I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute. Cowper, Alexander Selkirk. =Syn. 1. King , etc. (see prince), potentate, autocrat, despot.