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Webster 1913 Edition

Ruler

Rul′er

(rṳl′ẽr)
,
Noun.
1.
One who rules; one who exercises sway or authority; a governor.
And he made him
ruler
over all the land.
Gen. xli. 43.
A prince and
ruler
of the land.
Shakespeare
2.
A straight or curved strip of wood, metal, etc., with a smooth edge, used for guiding a pen or pencil in drawing lines. Cf.
Rule
,
Noun.
, 7
(a)
.
Parallel ruler
.
See under
Parallel
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ruler

RU'LER

,
Noun.
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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