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ruler - a person who rules or commands; "swayer of the universe" |
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individual,
mortal,
person,
somebody,
someone,
soul a single organism
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inca the small group of Quechua living in the Cuzco Valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors in order to create an empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s
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basileus a ruler of the eastern Roman Empire
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bourbon whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels
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calif,
caliph,
kalif,
kaliph,
khalif,
khalifah the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth; "many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate the rest of the world"
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dictator,
potentate a ruler who is unconstrained by law
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ameer,
amir,
emeer,
emir an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)
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ethnarch the ruler of a province (as in the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire) or certain religious rulers with secular authority; "the election of Makarios III to archbishop gave him the status of the ethnarch of Cyprus"
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hakim a Muslim physician
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hanoverian a member (or supporter) of the house of Hanover
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khan a title given to rulers or other important people in Asian countries
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moghul,
mogul a member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857
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oligarch one of the rulers in an oligarchy
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lord,
master,
overlord a titled peer of the realm
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pharaoh,
pharaoh of egypt the title of the ancient Egyptian kings
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puppet leader,
puppet ruler a leader or ruler who is chosen by a despot to head a government
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regent someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch
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dynast a hereditary ruler
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arab chief,
sheik,
sheikh,
tribal sheik,
tribal sheikh the leader of an Arab village or family
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crowned head,
monarch,
sovereign large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed
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stuart the royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1714 and ruled England from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1714
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grand turk,
sultan the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire)
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tudor an English dynasty descended from Henry Tudor; Tudor monarchs ruled from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603)
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tyrant a cruel and oppressive dictator
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