ruler

Noun
  1. is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
    subtypes:
    • 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
    • dictator, potentate - a ruler who is unconstrained by law
    • ameer, amir, emeer, emir - an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)
    • ethnarch - the ruler of a province (as in the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire) or certain religious rulers with secular authority
    • 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
    • moghul, mogul - a member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857
    • oligarch - one of the rulers in an oligarchy
    • lord, master, overlord - a person who has general authority over others
    • 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
    • arab chief, sheik, sheikh, tribal sheik, tribal sheikh - the leader of an Arab village or family
    • crowned head, monarch, sovereign - a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
    • 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
    specific instances: tamburlaine, tamerlane, timur, timur lenk - Mongolian ruler of Samarkand who led his nomadic hordes to conquer an area from Turkey to Mongolia (1336-1405)
    same as: swayer
  2. is a type of: measure, measuring rod, measuring stick - measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements
    subtypes:
    same as: rule

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