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ruler
Part of speech: NounOne who governs; a strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a guide in drawing lines.
Usage examples "ruler":- Tell me, Tuan, do you think the big trees know the name of the ruler? - "An Outcast of the Islands", Joseph Conrad.
- Then, for a time, there was rest and safety, until the new ruler began to follow the old. - "The Coast of Adventure", Harold Bindloss.
- She was so like to the woman who sat beside the ruler that I did not doubt them to be mother and daughter. - "Tales of Fantasy and Fact", Brander Matthews.