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noun

a person who rules or governs; sovereign.

Also, rule. 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.

a person or thing that rules paper, wood, etc.

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.

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Origin:
1325–75; Middle English; see rule, -er¹

Related forms

sub·rul·er, noun

un·der·rul·er, noun

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She is grand district deputy and daughter ruler, not grand daughter ruler.

The american state is not living up to the bargain between the ruler and the ruled and so you should pack up and leave.

Nigeria's military ruler hopes to turn himself into a civilian president without an election.

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She is grand district deputy and daughter ruler, not grand daughter ruler.

The american state is not living up to the bargain between the ruler and the ruled and so you should pack up and leave.

Nigeria's military ruler hopes to turn himself into a civilian president without an election.

The emperor had responded by putting the ruler to death.

The goldfish in the bowl would have a separate ruler, not a modification of our ruler.

Their subjects made donations to the temples to curry favor-both with the gods and with the local ruler.

To ascertain this easily, insert a clean, wood ruler into the pan before cooking and measure how far up the mixture comes.

What begins as an attempt to build a fancy scale or ruler can end up being the basis for a major discovery.

Grab a ruler and measure your physical copy of the letterhead.

It is good to know that each of the islands have had recently one good ruler.

Have the students imagine what a local ruler in their port might do to attract traders.

What was so different about man that he became ruler over the earth.

He was a reluctant ruler and he'd been quarreling with his mother, noted others.

He did not iPhone it in but was, as always, ruler of the stage.

It began with the hands, either from the teacher's hand or a ruler.

Almost nobody is allowed to present their grievances directly to the ruler.

Their grave lies near the elaborate tomb of an early ruler.

The idea of a big bang comes from the use of a rigid ruler nailed to today's size to measure the expansion going back in time.

It takes three hours using a pen, ink and ruler to transform a sheet of paper into news and art.

But the ruler of the roost likes things a certain way.

About a century and a half ago, a local ruler led a group of people fleeing slave traders to this place.

It can't be measured by a ruler or captured in a mathematical equation yet.

The sad thing is it seems there are many men living fretfully with a ruler in one hand and a world of hope in the other.

And the heavily made-up and adorned drag queen ruler with thefabulous clothes.

By tradition, food to be tested before it was served to the ruler was set on a sideboard, or credenza.

Space is the linear distance measured by a ruler of some kind between separate physical things.

Confucious said that the people will model the actions of the ruler.

If the ruler has many bloodstains, so much the better.

Machiavelli argued that the ability to recognise cleverness in others may be as important to a ruler as to be clever himself.

Have students discuss what a ruler might do to attract people to his kingdom and what might entice them to stay there.

Using a ruler straightedge, score each of the pieces along the lines printed on them, with one exception:.

Britain, then ruler of the waves, was worrying about losing its supremacy to the upstart.

Three different groups of artists used the latest medical images to portray the young ruler.

The next ruler must fill the shoes of a beatified icon whose achievements have been swathed in a personality cult.

The electronic tin can is becoming the absolute intermediary and ruler and that needs to be controlled.

Imagine a ruler held over the edge of a table and plucked:.

The horizon is sharp as a ruler or may disappear, the sky inverting the sea.

They shared a common culture, but did not have a single capital or ruler.

The grids are actually scored into the surface, which makes for a built-in ruler when drawing dungeon walls.

Erica measures snowdrifts with a ruler near a wooden fence she specially designed for her project.

Place a ruler across the shirt, underneath both armpits of the sleeves, and trace a line using a marker.

The underground tombs were also well stocked with all the material goods a ruler might need in the next world.

With the self-confidence of a ruler whose country has never been.

Most splendid of all is the ruler of the city who is now being carried in by six pallbearers.

If he was ruler of the world, he said, he'd protect all sites of antiquity.

Have them hold up a ruler and show one-and-a-half inches.

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ruler (ˈruːlə)

—n
1.	a person who rules or commands
2.	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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