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{
"term": "monarch",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a person who rules a country, for example a king or a queen",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a new law which limited the power of the monarch"
},
{
"text": "Queen Elizabeth II was England's longest reigning monarch."
},
{
"text": "The constitutional monarch , as head of state, has limited powers."
}
],
"topics": ["People in society", "Politics"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["reigning", "absolute", "constitutional"],
"monarch + verb": ["reign", "rule"],
"phrases": ["the power of the monarch"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmɒnək/",
"audio": "mo/monarch/monarch__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmɑːnərk//ˈmɑːnɑːrk/",
"audio": "mo/monarch/monarch__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from late Latin monarcha, from Greek monarkhēs, from monos ‘alone’ + arkhein ‘to rule’."
}