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語源

From 中期英語 reuler; equivalent to rule +‎ -er.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɹuːlə/
• (Standard Southern British, goose split)
  • IPA: (“measuring device”) /ˈɹuː.lə/, [ɹʉwlə]
  • IPA: (“one who rules”) /ˈɹuːl.ə/, [ɹʊwlə]
• (General American) IPA: /ˈɹulɚ/
• (Scotland) IPA: /ˈɾʉləɾ/
• (Wales) IPA: /ˈɾɪulə/
• (Northern Ireland) IPA: /ˈɹʉləɹ/
• 韻: -uːlə(ɹ)

名詞

ruler (plural rulers)

1. A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a straightedge with markings.
   • 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:

     Take this ruler. […] I want you to measure the glass of the lamp.

2. A person who rules or governs; someone or something that exercises dominion or controlling power over others.
   • 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 122:

     The carcharhinids are unquestionably the rulers of the seas, because of their abundance, their strength and speed, and their unchallenged position as the number one predators in the marine ecosystem.

   • 1991, Chris Mullin, The Year of the Fire Monkey‎ (Fiction), London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 252:

     LIKE THE MANDARINS of old, the rulers of China live behind high walls. When they emerge, which they rarely do, they travel in cars with rear windows curtained like sedan chairs.
     They live in the Chung Nan Hai, a walled park adjacent to the Forbidden City from where ancient dynasties ruled the Celestial Empire.

使用する際の注意点

• In American English, the word "ruler" is often used specifically to refer to such a measuring device that is one foot (12 inches) long. Used in contrast with "yardstick" and "meter stick."

同意語

• See Thesaurus:ruler
• (measuring instrument): rule

下位語

• See Thesaurus:ruler

派生語

動詞

ruler (third-person singular simple present rulers, present participle rulering, simple past and past participle rulered)

1. (transitive) To beat with a ruler (as a traditional school punishment).

Further reading

• “ruler”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ruler”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• Category:ruler on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

アナグラム

• lurer