ruler
Example Sentences
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It is so powerful that being chairman of this body was the single position held by Deng Xiaoping as absolute ruler of China.
From BBC
According to the lore established in books, Daeron was considered a just and good-hearted ruler, especially compared with his father, King Aegon IV.
From Los Angeles Times
The teenager spent around a year in prison before being freed thanks to a royal pardon from Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
From BBC
Yet in a later interview, he said that he wanted Iran’s rulers gone.
Shortly after Museveni took power in 1986, ending years of bloodshed and chaos under tyrannical rulers, the young president mused that leaders overstaying their welcome lay at the heart of Africa's problems.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
