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ruler Definition

ruler (ro̵̅o̅′lər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that rules or governs
  2. a thin strip of wood, metal, etc. with a straight edge and markings in whole and fractional units of length, as inches or centimeters, used in drawing straight lines, measuring length, etc.
  3. a person or device that rules lines on paper, etc.

ruler Related Forms
rul′·er·ship′ noun
ruler Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • synagogue: He may be the same person as the ruler of the synagogue of this name.
  • ascendant: The ruler of the ascendant should never be retrograde.
  • Gentile: Jesus said you are not to be like the " rulers of the Gentiles " and " lord it over " people.
  • kingdom: I sold my mares to the ruler of a nearby mountain kingdom and boarded the bus to China.
  • dynasty: This is because the rulers of successive dynasties between the 13th and the 17th centuries established seven cities in different parts of Delhi.
  • empire: By the defects of your education you are more disqualified to be a working man than to be the ruler of an empire.

Converse of object

  • appoint: Abdullah, his elder brother, was appointed ruler of the emirate of Transjordan, created by Britain in 1921.

Preposition: in

  • kingdom: There can only be one ruler in a kingdom.

Adjective modifier

  • planetary: To make this a little easier for new folks, here is the planetary rulers of your sun sign.
  • ascendant: He has Mars, ascendant ruler, on the 5th house cusp, together with Venus and Mercury in the 5th house.
  • despotic: The original version from Bug-Byte casts you as the despotic ruler of a banana republic.
  • rightful: In effect the King married his sister or half sister in order to become the rightful ruler.
  • supreme: With its collected energy under his command, the conniving Earl will become the supreme ruler of the universe!
  • tyrannical: According to the legend, King John and the Sheriff of Nottingham were tyrannical rulers, ruthlessly exploiting the poor people of Nottingham.

Noun used with modifier

  • triplicity: Here perhaps I would look at the triplicity rulers of VII, or even Venus I guess.
  • exaltation: Does the exaltation ruler influence the house under consideration?
  • synagogue: Jairus, the synagogue ruler, in our story was very up-front.
  • night-time: Venus by exaltation Mars daytime and night-time triplicity ruler.
  • tyrant: These people today are even worse off and we blame a tyrant ruler and a corrupt regime.
  • puppet: He was the puppet ruler the tetrarch of the region of Galilee and Perea, within the Roman Empire.
ruler Quotes

His lord said unto him,Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will maketheerulerover many things: enter thou intothejoy of thy lord.

—Bible (NewTestament)

   Operationally,God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat.

—Huxley, SirJulian Sorell

But thou, Bethlehem, Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel.

—Bible (Old Testament)

I am the monarch of the sea, The Ruler of the Queen's Navee, Whose praise Great Britain loudly chants And we are his sisters, and his cousins, and his aunts!

—Gilbert, Sir W(illiam) S(chwenck)

When I was a lad I served a term As office boy to an attorney's firm. I cleaned the windows and I swept the floor, And I polished up the handle of the big front door. I polished up that handle so carefullee That now I am the Ruler of the Queen's Navee!

—Gilbert, Sir W(illiam) S(chwenck)