Bible Dictionaries
Ruler
King James Dictionary
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.