Monarch vs Mikado - What's the difference?
monarch | mikado | Related terms |
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.
The monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus , found primarily in North America, so called because of the designs on its wings.
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*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.”’
(history) A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period.
(literary) Any emperor of Japan.
A game of skill, in which identical wooden sticks must be removed from a pile without disturbing the remaining sticks
Monarch is a related term of mikado.
As a noun monarch
is monarch (head of state in a monarchy).As a proper noun mikado is
a hamlet in saskatchewan, canada.monarch
English
Noun
(en noun)- Never was monarch better fear'd and lov'd / Than is your Majesty.
Usage notes
SeeSynonyms
* (ruler) autocrat, autocrator, big man, despot, dictator, , potentate, sovereign, tyrantDerived terms
* monarchism * monarchist * monarchyHyponyms
* (ruler) emperor, empress, king, queenSee also
* (projectlink) * (Danaus plexippus) A monarch can have any of the following titles: * emperor/empress * king/queen * prince/princess * grand duke/grand duchessAnagrams
* ----mikado
English
Noun
(en noun)- The mikados of Japan are its emperors.