Words / B2

MON-uh-k/ˈmɒnək/

A monarch is a king, queen, or similar hereditary ruler: name the monarch; a constitutional monarch. Sovereign is the formal twin (already elsewhere); monarchy is the system (already elsewhere). Do not write “the royal family” as a blob. Mix-up: monarch vs monarch butterfly; monastery is a monks’ house (later in this set). Do not call an elected president a monarch.

Meaning

A king, queen, or similar hereditary ruler.

Examples

• “Name the monarch in the source, not “the royal family” as a blob.”
• “A constitutional monarch featured in the politics booklet, which is the limited-power sense.”

Good to know

a monarch; constitutional monarch. System: monarchy. Formal twin: sovereign. Trap: monastery / butterfly. History and politics. The ruler, not the building or the insect.

Near in meaning

sovereign

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