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RU'LER, n.

1. One that governs, whether emperor, king, pope or governor any one that exercises supreme power over others.
2. One that makes or executes laws in a limited or free government. Thus legislators and magistrates are called rulers.
3. A rule an instrument of wood or metal with straight edges or sides, by which lines are drawn on paper, parchment or other substance. When a ruler has the lines of chords, tangents, sines, &c. it is called a plane scale.
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Entry for 'Ruler'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​r/ruler.html.
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