Ang kahulugan ng diksyunaryo ng salitang "monarch" ay isang pangngalan na tumutukoy sa isang soberanong pinuno ng estado, lalo na sa isang hari, reyna, o emperador. Maaari din itong tumukoy sa isang taong may dominanteng posisyon o may malaking kapangyarihan o impluwensya sa isang partikular na larangan, gaya ng "monarch of the fashion industry."
1. Clerics had stepped into the breach, but they were held in check by the Adept Houses, who no more wanted Church control than they did an autocratic monarch.
2. The discourse so far had covered such general topics as the ill-health of the English monarch, the continued strings of power gathered in fistfuls by Northumberland, the price wars that had starved some of those lucky enough to survive the sweating sickness, plus the inevitable conversation about the ferocity of the storm that continued to rage outside.
3. Northumberland had been able to assure the young monarch that this was a mere security, an eventually that he needed to provide against.
4. Jane, it seemed, had no illusions that it was for her father and Northumberland that she was to be made monarch.
5. Opposition to the Spanish match was one thing, but opposition to the current monarch was quite another.
6. In 16th century England, mostly during the summer months, the monarch traveled around the realm meeting their subjects, having a wonderful time eating, hunting, and reminding people who was the boss.
7. We expected a monarch to be opulent, lavish, and rich.
8. And, indeed, the character of the Syrian monarch does by no means stand in need of any adventitious embellishment.
9. Besides, the monarch is of gigantic stature, and the dress is therefore neither unbecoming nor over large.
10. With how superior a dignity the monarch perambulates on all fours!