local ruler

collocation in English

meaningsoflocalandruler

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local
adjective
uk
/ˈləʊ.kəl/us
/ˈloʊ.kəl/
from, existing in, serving, or responsible for a small area, especially of ...
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ruler
noun[C]
uk
/ˈruː.lər/us
/ˈruː.lɚ/
the leader of ...
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(Definition oflocalandrulerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In 1559 both villages were expressly unified as a single community by the decree of thelocalrulerafter fighting between the residents.
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He met thelocalrulerand informed the matter.
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Per local legend, thelocalrulersaw a vision of a spear in the nearby river and thus named his town after this vision.
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Alocalrulerlearned of this pregnancy and feared the power of the child to be born.
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Thelocalrulerwas now master of life and death.
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No coins of him as king are known, so he must have been a subordinatelocalruler, such as a satrap.
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Here, the brothers served as shepherds for alocalruler.
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But thelocalrulermeenachil kartha's (karthavu) asked him to bring three more families.
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They were headed by thelocalrulerwho was observed by the royal governor.
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This change of rules was part of the king's strategy to weaken the position of local rulers.
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Local rulers were given land by the king in the form of hereditary fiefs.
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Francis returned in 1880 and obtained mining rights from thelocalruler.
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The grave, which probably belonged to thelocalruler, had already been plundered, but still contained many grave goods, which had been crammed into one corner of the grave.
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Ahmad continued aslocalrulerthrough his death from natural causes, without heir, in 1697.
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