a person who rules a country, for example a king or a queen 君主;帝王 a new law which limited the power of the monarch 限制君主权力的新法律 Queen Victoria was England's longest reigning monarch. 维多利亚女王是英国在位时间最长的君主。 The constitutional monarch , as head of state, has limited powers. 君主立宪制国家的国君,作为国家元首,其权力受到制约。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- reigning
- absolute
- constitutional
- …
- reign
- rule
- the power of the monarch
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin monarcha, from Greek monarkhēs, from monos ‘alone’ + arkhein ‘to rule’.