A ruler, a lord, a master. Chiefly with reference to God. Cf. wielder, n. 3.

A person who has the chief authority in any society or group; a ruler, commander, governor; (also) a tribal chief or ruler. Cf. duke, n. 1c.

A person who puts or keeps things in order; a manager, director; a ruler. Obsolete.

A ruler, governor, prince. Obsolete.

A similar position or officer elsewhere in the ancient world. Now rare.

A person who exercises rule, command, or authority, esp. of a supreme or sovereign kind. With of, over, †upon (the people or region ruled).

A ruler, a lord, a master. Cf. waldend, n. Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.).

corner of the people: a prince or chief, a ‘corner-stone of the state’. (A Hebraism.)

a person who exercises lordship; a ruler.

A person (originally and chiefly a man) who exercises direct authority over a people or a place; a ruler.

A ruler, governor, director. Also figurative. Obsolete.

Ruling, governing; powerful. See also all-wielding, adj.

Phrases. leader of laws: one who has power in the state, a ruler. leader of hail: a guide to salvation. Obsolete.

A person or god who rules or governs. Now rare.

A person who exercises authoritative direction or control. Cf. governor, n. 2.

One who rules or dominates; a ruler, lord. Also of things.

A person who reigns as monarch; a ruler.

A sovereign, a ruler. Obsolete.

A ruler, a governor. Cf. governator, n.

Historical. A word which, in its Greek form, meant ‘master’ or ‘lord’ (e.g. of a household, of slaves), and was applied to a deity, and to the…

figurative. Applied to temporal rulers. Cf. Greek ποιμὴν λαῶν (Homer) ‘shepherd of the peoples’, and similar uses in the Old Testament.

One who or that which sways, wields, or rules.

transferred. A ruler; a great person.

Of a person: greatest in respect of power, authority, importance, or consequence. Formerly frequently (chiefly Scottish) in most master n. a ruler…

Chiefly as a title: = governor, n.

Chiefly preceding a name: = governor, n. 6.

A ruler or president generally.