Monarch /(?)/

Mon·arch

Monarch

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.
  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.
  4. A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus); -- called also milkweed butterfly and monarch butterfly. (Zool.)

Monarch

a.
  1. Superior to others; preeminent; supreme; ruling.