different between monarch vs republican

English

Etymology

From Middle French monarque, from Late Latin monarcha, from Ancient Greek ???????? (monárkh?s), variant of ???????? (mónarkhos, “sole ruler”), from '????? (mónos, “only”) + ????? (arkhós, “leader”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?n?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?n?k/, /?m?n??k/

Noun

monarch (plural monarchs)

1. The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.
   • 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act II, Scene II, line 25.

     Never was monarch better fear'd and lov'd / Than is your Majesty.

2. The monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, and others of genus Danaus, found primarily in North America, so called because of the designs on its wings.
3. (Aboriginal English) A police officer.
   • 1961, Nene Gare, The Fringe Dwellers, Text Classics 2012, p. 41:

     ‘Skippy gets off. An ya know the first thing e says to them monarch? E turns round on em an yelps, “An now ya can just gimme back that bottle.”’

4. (often capitalised) A stag which has sixteen or more points or tines on its antlers.
5. The chief or best thing of its kind.

Usage notes

See monarchy.

Synonyms

• (ruler): autocrat, autocrator, big man, despot, dictator, Führer, potentate, sovereign, tyrant

Hyponyms

• (ruler): emperor, empress, king, queen

Derived terms

• African monarch (Danaus chrysippus)
• Biak monarch (Symposiachrus brehmii))
• frilled monarch (Arses telescopthalmus)
• golden monarch (Carterornis chrysomela)
• monarch flycatcher (Monarchidae spp.)
• monarchical
• monarchism
• monarchist
• monarchy

Translations

References

• Monarch butterfly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Danaus plexippus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

A monarch can have any of the following titles:

• emperor/empress
• king/queen
• prince/princess
• grand duke/grand duchess

Anagrams

• chroman, nomarch

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch monarcha, from Latin monarcha, from Ancient Greek ???????? (monárkh?s), variant of ???????? (mónarkhos, “sole ruler”), from '????? (mónos, “only”) + ????? (arkhós, “leader”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo??n?rx/
• Hyphenation: mo?narch
• Rhymes: -?rx

Noun

monarch m (plural monarchen, diminutive monarchje n)

1. monarch

Derived terms

• monarchaal
• monarchie
• monarchvlinder

English

Etymology

From republic +? -an, partly after French républicain.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???p?bl?k?n/
• Rhymes: -p?bl?k?n

Adjective

republican (comparative more republican, superlative most republican)

1. Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government, advocating or supporting republicanism. [from 17th c.]
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 222:

     Republican ideology had no obvious institutional focus and ideological carrier as was the case with the discourse of reason (the monarchy) and the discourse of law (the parlements).

2. Of or belonging to a republic. [from 17th c.]
3. Relating to the U.S. Republican Party

Translations

Noun

republican (plural republicans)

1. Someone who favors a republic as a form of government. [from 17th c.]
   • 1791, James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson:

     Sir, there is one Mrs Macaulay in this town, a great republican. One day when I was at her house, I put on a very grave countenance, and said to her, 'Madam, I am now become a convert to your way of thinking. I am convinced that all mankind are upon an equal footing...'
2. A bird of a kind that builds many nests together: the American cliff swallow, or the South African weaver bird.

Synonyms

• anti-monarchist
• antiroyalist

Translations

Ladin

Adjective

republican m (feminine singular republicana, masculine plural republicans, feminine plural republicanes)

1. republican

Related terms

• republica

Spanish

Verb

republican

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of republicar.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present indicative form of republicar.