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rulers

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for rulers.

Editorial note

Little Brother -> Why privacy is more important than security: Your rulers can be wrong with catastrophic consequences.

Examples16
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A person who rules or governs; someone or something that exercises dominion or controlling power over others.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of rulers gathered in one view.

noun

A person who rules or governs; someone or something that exercises dominion or controlling power over others.

noun

A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a straightedge with markings.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for rulers.

noun

A person who rules or governs; someone or something that exercises dominion or controlling power over others.

noun

A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a straightedge with markings.

Example sentences

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Little Brother -> Why privacy is more important than security: Your rulers can be wrong with catastrophic consequences.

2

Of course, the rulers will be spewing bullshit propaganda to get their peons to go die for them.

3

Another was harnessing religion to declare that the rulers held power by divine right, making rebellion a sin.

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If they saw taxation for the extortion it is, they wouldn't be happy with having rulers either.

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The incidents to which you refer are the massacres conducted by despotic rulers in so-called Communist countries.

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It was not simply a case of unseating rulers, or even attacking the persons embodying the rule.

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The root cause for any war is psychopath rulers wanting more power and more wealth for themselves.

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But enriching his rulers is not exactly a good reason for an ordinary person to kill or die trying.

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A simulator is like a camera that captures reality, where as production renderers are not bound by reality so they are more like fine art tools (brushes, rulers, etc.).

10

There will be no human labour, simply because states will be built up from rulers and robots.

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The rulers of NK seem to not care about any level of suffering the poor people stuck there go through.

12

Actually rulers are taking advantage of it, though it seems hard to believe at first.

Quote examples

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It gives me the impression the credibility of the "new Mandarin" approach of China's rulers is being torn to shreds.

2

Another thing is that the cuisines of the world were mostly fomented or enabled by the "sensibilities" of nobility/rulers where there was such lineage, as was the case in France, China and a few other places.

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"It's used for ritual/religious purposes" is an archaeologist's polite way of saying "we don't know what it's for, but it was probably central to the rulers of society".

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(One might argue that this would be short-sighted, on the assumption that minority dominance isn't indefinitely sustainable, but at a minimum this requires assuming that the white rulers were not merely racist, but also uniformly long-term strategic thinkers.) You provided your counterpoint and then precluded racist and "strategic thinkers".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use rulers in a sentence?

Little Brother -> Why privacy is more important than security: Your rulers can be wrong with catastrophic consequences.

What does rulers mean?

A person who rules or governs; someone or something that exercises dominion or controlling power over others.

What part of speech is rulers?

rulers is commonly used as noun.