different between throne vs monarch

English

Etymology

From Middle English trone, from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (thrónos, “chair, throne”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [????n]
• (US) IPA^(key): [??o?n]
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): [t?o?n]
• Rhymes: -??n
• Homophone: thrown

Noun

throne (plural thrones)

1. An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.

   Queen Victoria sat upon the throne of England for 63 years.

2. (figuratively) Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.
   • 1611, Bible (KJV), Genesis, 41:40:

     Thou shalt be ouer my house, and according vnto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater then thou.

3. The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope.
4. (humorous) Other seats, particularly:
   1. (euphemistic) A seat used for urination or defecation, such as a chamber pot, toilet, or the seat of an outhouse.
      • 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things

        "If she has intestinal flu, you probably called while she was on the throne and she didn't want to admit it," Alan said dryly.

   2. (music) A kind of stool used by drummers.
5. (Christianity) A member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim.
   • 1611, Bible (KJV), Epistle of Paul to the Colossians, 1:16:

     For by him were all things created that are in heauen, and that are in earth, visible and inuisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.

Synonyms

• (seat used for urination and defecation): See Thesaurus:chamber pot, Thesaurus:toilet, and Thesaurus:bathroom

Hypernyms

• (furniture): seat
• (order of angels): angel

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

throne (third-person singular simple present thrones, present participle throning, simple past and past participle throned)

1. (transitive, archaic) To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
2. (transitive, archaic) To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
3. (intransitive, archaic) To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.

Translations

See also

• ophan

Anagrams

• 'nother, Hornet, Rhoten, Theron, Thoren, Thorne, enhort, hornet, nother, other'n

German

Verb

throne

1. inflection of thronen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Latin

Noun

throne

1. vocative singular of thronus

Middle English

Noun

throne

1. Alternative form of trone (“throne”)

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (thrónos). The h was added back to reflect the Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (thrónos, “chair, throne”).

Noun

throne m (plural thrones)

1. throne

Descendants

• French: trône

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