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Bay of Pigs invasion (sh) and monarch(2) (iou)


Bay of Pigs invasion (sh)




(April 17, 1961) Abortive invasion of Cuba directed by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and carried out by Cuban exiles.

The invasion was intended to spark a rebellion that would topple Fidel Castro, whose communist regime was considered a threat to U.S. interests in the region. The invasion began with the bombing of Cuban military bases; two days later a force of about 1,500 landed at several sites along the coast, including the Bay of Pigs. The rebellion never materialized, the invasion force was quickly defeated, and more than 1,100 men were imprisoned. The result was a huge propaganda victory for Castro and a severe embarrassment for the administration of U.S. president John F. Kennedy.


monarch(2) (iou)



monarch noun & verb. LME.
[Old & mod. French monarque or late Latin monarcha from Greek monarkhes, more freq. monarkhos, from monos alone: see MONO-, -ARCH.]
A. noun.
Orig., a sole and absolute ruler of a State. Later also, any ruler bearing the title of king, queen, emperor, empress, or the equivalent. LME.
the Merry Monarch: see MERRY adjective.
Shakespeare Merchant of Venice The quality of mercy..becomes The throned monarch better than his crown. R. Scruton In the figure of the monarch there is..all the majesty of state.
transf. & fig. A person or thing of great power or pre-eminence in a particular sphere. L16.
W. Cowper I am monarch of all I survey. Byron Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains.
More fully monarch butterfly. A large migratory orange and black danaid butterfly, Danaus plexippus, native to the Americas and known as a vagrant in western Europe. Also called milkweed butterfly. L19.
= monarch flycatcher below. M20.
Comb.: monarch butterfly: see sense 3 above; monarch flycatcher a flycatcher of the Old World family Monarchidae, esp. one of the genus Monarcha.
b. verb intrans. & trans. (with it). Behave like a monarch, act autocratically. rare. E17.
monarchess noun (now rare) a female monarch L16.