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RULER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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 lengths
Synonyms:
rule; ruler
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("ruler" is a kind of...):
measure; measuring rod; measuring stick (measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ruler"):
carpenter's rule (a rule used by a carpenter)
foot rule (a ruler one foot long)
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)
Derivation:
rule (mark or draw with a ruler)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who rules or commands
Example:
swayer of the universe
Synonyms:
ruler; swayer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ruler" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ruler"):
tyrant (in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it)
Tudor (a member of the dynasty that ruled England)
grand Turk; sultan (the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire))
Stuart (a member of the royal family that ruled Scotland and England)
crowned head; monarch; sovereign (a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right)
Arab chief; sheik; sheikh; tribal sheik; tribal sheikh (the leader of an Arab village or family)
dynast (a hereditary ruler)
regent (someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch)
puppet leader; puppet ruler (a leader or ruler who is chosen by a despot to head a government)
Pharaoh; Pharaoh of Egypt (the title of the ancient Egyptian kings)
lord; master; overlord (a person who has general authority over others)
oligarch (one of the rulers in an oligarchy)
Moghul; Mogul (a member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857)
khan (a title given to rulers or other important people in Asian countries)
Hanoverian (any of the British rulers who were members of the House of Hanover)
hakim (a Muslim ruler or governor or judge)
ethnarch (the ruler of a province (as in the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire) or certain religious rulers with secular authority)
ameer; amir; emeer; emir (an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia))
dictator; potentate (a ruler who is unconstrained by law)
calif; caliph; kalif; kaliph; khalif; khalifah (the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth)
Bourbon (a member of the European royal family that ruled France)
basileus (a ruler of the eastern Roman Empire)
Inca (a ruler of the Incas (or a member of his family))
Instance hyponyms:
Tamburlaine; Tamerlane; Timur; Timur Lenk (Mongolian ruler of Samarkand who led his nomadic hordes to conquer an area from Turkey to Mongolia (1336-1405))
Derivation:
rule (decide with authority)
rule (exercise authority over; as of nations)
rulership (the position of ruler)
Context examples:
Mr. Micawber, with his hand upon the ruler in his breast, stood erect before the door, most unmistakably contemplating one of his fellow-men, and that man his employer.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
We are not so unlucky, said the new ruler, for this Palace and the Emerald City belong to us, and we can do just as we please.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
But merchants and traders are cowardly rulers at best; they grunt and grub all their days in the trough of money-getting, and I have swung back to aristocracy, if you please.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The younger ruler had sat listlessly upon his stool with the two puppet monarchs enthroned behind him, but of a sudden a dark shadow passed over his face, and he sprang to his feet in one of those gusts of passion which were the single blot upon his noble and generous character.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
You will have four planets in that house by the time of the new moon February 23—the Sun, new moon, your ruler Mercury, and Neptune, the planet of imagination.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The large office-ruler was stuck into his waistcoat, and was not so well concealed but that a foot or more of that instrument protruded from his bosom, like a new kind of shirt-frill.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The Scarecrow was now the ruler of the Emerald City, and although he was not a Wizard the people were proud of him.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
The moon is the natural ruler of your earned income/salary sector (second house), so you will likely hear good financial news on this day as well.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
““My charges against—HEEP,”” he read on, glancing at him, and drawing the ruler into a convenient position under his left arm, in case of need, ““are as follows.””
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
"By means of the Golden Cap I shall command the Winged Monkeys to carry you to the gates of the Emerald City," said Glinda, "for it would be a shame to deprive the people of so wonderful a ruler."
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
