foreign ruler

collocation in English

meaningsofforeignandruler

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foreign
adjective
uk
/ˈfɒr.ən/us
/ˈfɔːr.ən/
belonging or connected to a country that is not ...
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ruler
noun[C]
uk
/ˈruː.lər/us
/ˈruː.lɚ/
the leader of ...
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(Definition offoreignandrulerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofforeign ruler

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Such pockets of malcontents offered theforeignrulera golden opportunity to subvert his rival from within.
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Never has there been such a reception organised for anyforeignrulervisiting another country since the world was founded.
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We shall become reconciled with him, but a foreign monarch never meant aforeignruler.
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They could be documents such as a command, an edict, an appointment letter or a letter to aforeignruler.
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These sinners are then overthrown by aforeignrulerand their line extinguished.
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They tried to struggle against what they saw as aforeignrulerand in 1327, they set up their own council.
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Histories of far gone battles, of oppression and martyrdom, of foreign rulers and threats to the national identity remain a central part of all national ideologies.
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Is there anything wrong in the idea of training one's troops for the purposes of the possible assassination of foreign rulers?
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In the first place it liberated a very large number of persons who had been held under the yoke of foreign rulers.
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Within the enclosure of the pantheon have set countless illustrious honorary plaques sent by foreign rulers, kings and princes.
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He delivers a long lecture about the careful education, glorious might and unparalleled richness of these foreign rulers.
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Skene considered that two foreign rulers played their own part in the conflict.
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