monarchical hero

monarchical hero

English

Noun

monarchical hero (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.
   • 2004, Hero Chalmers, Royalist Women Writers, 1650-1689, Oxford University Press, p. 89:

     An English monarchical hero is also glimpsed in the Play's handling of Caeser.

   • 2005, Anat Biletzki, (Over)Interpreting Wittgenstein:

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

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

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