monarchical hero

noun

A king, queen or other leader of a people who embarks on a quest or defeats or vanquishes a great evil for the general welfare of his/her followers and realm. Often synonymous with the Arthurian hero.

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nounmonarchical hero (plural monarchical heroes)

plural monarchical heroes

  1. A king, queen or other leader of a people who embarks on a quest or defeats or vanquishes a great evil for the general welfare of his/her followers and realm. Often synonymous with the Arthurian hero.

    If this is not idolatry, then it is monarchical hero worship.

    2005, Anat Biletzki, (Over)Interpreting Wittgenstein
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    An English monarchical hero is also glimpsed in the Play's handling of Caeser.

    2004, Hero Chalmers, Royalist Women Writers, 1650-1689, Oxford University Press, page 89

    Kang favored an activist, monarchical hero - a "Chinese Caeser" - to carry out institutional reform...

    2006, Roger T. Amies, Peter D. Hershock, Confucian Cultures of Authority, SUNY Press, page 175
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