Results for ruler

Definitions of ruler:

part of speech: noun

A governor; an instrument with a straight edge or side for drawing straight lines.

part of speech: noun

A sovereign: a governor: an instrument used in drawing lines.

Usage examples for ruler:

• Here two lines are drawn perpendicular to the edge of a board or a ruler and these are parallel. "The Teaching of Geometry", David Eugene Smith

• They received four times the rate of pay at home and their ruler received in addition some half million dollars a year. "Washington and his Comrades in Arms A Chronicle of the War of Independence", George Wrong

• There was a deep feeling in their hearts which disposed them to speak alone to the Ruler of their lives, before they could even rejoice with one another. "The Crofton Boys", Harriet Martineau