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rul·er
(ro͞o′lər)n.
1. One, such as a monarch or dictator, that rules or governs.
2. A straightedged strip, as of wood or metal, for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths. Also called rule.
rul′er·ship′ n.
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ruler
(ˈruːlə)n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a person who rules or commands
2. (Tools) Also called: rule a strip of wood, metal, or other material, having straight edges graduated usually in millimetres or inches, used for measuring and drawing straight lines
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rul•er
(ˈru lər)n.
1. a person who rules or governs; sovereign.
2. Also, rule. a strip of wood, metal, or other material that has a straight edge and is usu. marked off in inches or centimeters, used for drawing lines and measuring.
3. a person or thing that rules lines on paper, wood, etc.
[1325–75]
rul′er•ship`, n.
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ruler
- rector - First was a ruler or governor, now it is generally a person conducting a religious service.
- sultan - Comes from the Arabic word for "ruler," from Aramaic shultana, "power."
- Inca - A Quechua word meaning "king, lord, ruler."
- rule - One of many words from Latin regula, "straight stick, ruler."
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| Noun | 1. | ruler - a person who rules or commands; "swayer of the universe" individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" Inca - a ruler of the Incas (or a member of his family) basileus - a ruler of the eastern Roman Empire Bourbon - a member of the European royal family that ruled France calif, caliph, kalif, kaliph, khalif, khalifah - the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth; "many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate the rest of the world" ethnarch - the ruler of a province (as in the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire) or certain religious rulers with secular authority; "the election of Makarios III to archbishop gave him the status of the ethnarch of Cyprus" hakim - a Muslim ruler or governor or judge Hanoverian - any of the British rulers who were members of the House of Hanover khan - a title given to rulers or other important people in Asian countries oligarch - one of the rulers in an oligarchy Pharaoh, Pharaoh of Egypt - the title of the ancient Egyptian kings puppet leader, puppet ruler - a leader or ruler who is chosen by a despot to head a government regent - someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch dynast - a hereditary ruler Stuart - a member of the royal family that ruled Scotland and England grand Turk, sultan - the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire) Tudor - a member of the dynasty that ruled England tyrant - in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it |
| 2. |  ruler - measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengthscarpenter's rule - a rule used by a carpenter foot rule - a ruler one foot long measuring rod, measuring stick, measure - measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements meterstick, metrestick - a rule one meter long (usually marked off in centimeters and millimeters) yard measure, yardstick - a ruler or tape that is three feet long |
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ruler
noun
1. governor, leader, lord, commander, controller, monarch, sovereign, head of state, potentate, crowned head, emperor or empress, king or queen, prince or princess He was an indecisive ruler.
2. measure, rule, yardstick, straight edge taking measurements with a ruler
Rulers
Titles of rulers amir or ameer, archduke, Caesar, caliph, calif, kalif, or khalif, chief, Chogyal, Dalai Lama, doge, duke, emir, emperor or (fem.) empress, Gaekwar or Gaikwar, Great Mogul, hospodar, imam or imaum, Inca, kabaka, Kaiser, khan, khedive, king, maharajah or maharaja, maharani or maharanee, mikado, nawab or nabob, Negus, Nizam, oba, pasha or pacha, Pharaoh, podesta, pope, queen, rajah or raja, rani or ranee, satrap, shah, sheik or sheikh, sherif, shereef, or sharif, shogun, stadholder or stadtholder, sultan, tenno, tsar or czar, viceroy or (fem.) vicereine
Famous rulers Alexander the Great, Alfred the Great, Idi Amin, Augustus, Bismarck, Boudicca, Caligula, Castro, Catherine the Great, Charlemagne, Churchill, Cleopatra, Cromwell, de Gaulle, Edward the Confessor, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth II, Franco, Genghis Khan, Haile Selassie, Herod, Hirohito, Hitler, Ivan the Terrible, Julius Caesar, Kublai Khan, Lenin, Louis XIV, Mao Ze Dong or Mao Tse-tung, Montezuma, Mussolini, Napoleon Bonaparte, Nasser, Nero, Nicholas II, Pericles, Peter the Great, Richard the Lionheart, Saladin, Stalin, Suleiman the Magnificent, Tamerlane or Tamburlaine, Tutankhamen or Tutankhamun, Victoria, William the Conqueror
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Translations
pravítkovládcepanovník
herskerlineal
hallitsijaviivoitin
ravnalovladarvođa
uralkodóvonalzó
reglustikastjórnandi
定規支配者
자통치자
pravítkovládca
ravnilovladar
härskarelinjal
ไม้บรรทัดผู้ควบคุม
người cai trịthước
ruler
[ˈruːləʳ] N1. (= person) → gobernante mf; (= monarch) → soberano/a m/f
2. (for measuring) → regla f
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ruler
[ˈruːlər] nCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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rule
(ruːl) noun1. government. under foreign rule.
2. a regulation or order. school rules.
3. what usually happens or is done; a general principle. He is an exception to the rule that fat people are usually happy.
4. a general standard that guides one's actions. I make it a rule never to be late for appointments.
5. a marked strip of wood, metal etc for measuring. He measured the windows with a rule.
verb1. to govern. The king ruled (the people) wisely.
2. to decide officially. The judge ruled that the witness should be heard.
3. to draw (a straight line). He ruled a line across the page.
ruled adjective having straight lines drawn across. ruled paper.
ˈruler noun1. a person who governs. the ruler of the state.
2. a long narrow piece of wood, plastic etc for drawing straight lines. I can't draw straight lines without a ruler.
ˈruling adjective governing. the ruling party.
noun an official decision. The judge gave his ruling.
as a rule usually. I don't go out in the evening as a rule.
rule off to draw a line in order to separate. He ruled off the rest of the page.
rule out to leave out; not to consider. We mustn't rule out the possibility of bad weather.
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ruler
→ حَاكِم, مَسْطَرَة pravítko, vládce hersker, lineal Herrscher, Lineal κυβερνήτης, χάρακας gobernante, regla hallitsija, viivoitin dirigeant, règle ravnalo, vladar righello, sovrano 定規, 支配者 자, 통치자 heerser, liniaal hersker, linjal linijka, rządzący governante, régua линейка, правитель härskare, linjal ไม้บรรทัด, ผู้ควบคุม cetvel, hükümdar người cai trị, thước 尺子, 统治者Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009