Noun

(en noun)

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.

The monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus , found primarily in North America, so called because of the designs on its wings.

Police.

*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.”’

Noun

(en noun)

A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.

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in earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally.

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(slang) A male who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit.

(slang) An unmarried man who does not have sexual relationships.

(slang) A judge.

(printing) A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed; distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink.

A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.

A South American monkey (.

The (European bullfinch).

(Webster 1913)