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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’." }