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ruler

[ roo-ler ]

noun

  1. a person who rules or governs; sovereign.
  2. Also a strip of wood, metal, or other material having a straight edge and usually marked off in inches or centimeters, used for drawing lines, measuring, etc.
  3. a person or thing that rules paper, wood, etc.
  4. Astrology. the planet primarily associated with any sign of the zodiac or any house of the horoscope:

    The ruler of Aries is Mars. The ruler of Taurus is Venus.



ruler

/ ˈːə /

noun

  1. a person who rules or commands
  2. Also calledrule a strip of wood, metal, or other material, having straight edges graduated usually in millimetres or inches, used for measuring and drawing straight lines
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ܲ·ܱİ noun
  • ܲd·ܱe noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ruler1

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; rule, -er 1
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Meanwhile, the rulers of the semi-autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan have a close relationship with Ankara based on mutual interests and have often downplayed the civilian harm due to Turkey's military action.

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The layout of Myanmar's capital city Nay Pyi Taw will be redrawn after the devastating earthquake last month, the country's military ruler has said.

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Victory will bring a seven-year mandate and the resources to implement development and modernising reform at a pace that the rulers of crisis-beset African countries could not even dream of.

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As John Blackthorne, a shipwrecked English navigator who is taken prisoner, he becomes involved in a battle among warlords seeking to become Japan’s supreme military ruler and falls in love with his married interpreter.

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And both groups, blinded by propaganda, willingly march into the meat grinder for rulers who see them as nothing more than disposable labor.

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