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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Late Latin
Origin: monarcha, from Greek, from mono- ( MONO-) + -archos (from archein 'to rule')

monarch

 noun
     
Related topics: Officials
mon‧arch [countable]
PGO a king or queen
—monarchic also monarchical adjective:
the old monarchical system
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