ruler :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. a person who rules or commands; "swayer of the universe"

n. 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

czar, tsar, tzar

n. a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)

emperor

n. the male ruler of an empire

captain, chieftain

n. the leader of a group of people; "a captain of industry"

director, manager, managing director

n. someone who controls resources and expenditures

supervisor

n. one who supervises or has charge and direction of

commander, commandant, commanding officer

n. an officer in command of a military unit

master

n. directs the work of other

pacer, pacemaker, pacesetter

n. a horse used to set the pace in racing

trend-setter, taste-maker, fashion arbiter

n. someone who popularizes a new fashion

predecessor

n. one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)

pioneer, innovator

n. someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

guide, scout, pathfinder

n. someone who can find paths through unexplored territory

elder, senior

n. a person who is older than you are

graybeard, patriarch

n. a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself

superordinate, superior, higher-up

n. one of greater rank or station or quality

commander, air force officer

n. an officer in the airforce

king, male monarch

n. a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

vassal, liege, liegeman, feudatory, liege subject

n. a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord

straightedge

n. hand tool consisting of a flat rigid rectangular bar (metal or wood) that can be used to draw straight lines (or test their straightness)

tape, tapeline, tape measure

n. measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths; "the carpenter should have used his tape measure"

yardstick, yard measure

n. a ruler or tape that is three feet long

subject, national

n. a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"

citizen

n. a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community

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