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Inca
a ruler of the Incas (or a member of his family)
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basileus
a ruler of the eastern Roman Empire
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Bourbon
a member of the European royal family that ruled France
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calif, caliph, kalif, kaliph, khalif, khalifah
the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth
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dictator, potentate
a ruler who is unconstrained by law
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ameer, amir, emeer, emir
an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)
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ethnarch
the ruler of a province (as in the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire) or certain religious rulers with secular authority
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hakim
a Muslim ruler or governor or judge
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Hanoverian
any of the British rulers who were members of the House of Hanover
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khan
a title given to rulers or other important people in Asian countries
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Moghul, Mogul
a member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857
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oligarch
one of the rulers in an oligarchy
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lord, master, overlord
a person who has general authority over others
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Pharaoh, Pharaoh of Egypt, pharaoh
the title of the ancient Egyptian kings
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puppet leader, puppet ruler
a leader or ruler who is chosen by a despot to head a government
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regent
someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch
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dynast
a hereditary ruler
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Arab chief, sheik, sheikh, tribal sheik, tribal sheikh
the leader of an Arab village or family
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crowned head, monarch, sovereign
a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
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Stuart
a member of the royal family that ruled Scotland and England
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grand Turk, sultan
the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire)
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Tudor
a member of the dynasty that ruled England
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tyrant
in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
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Capetian
a member of the Capetian dynasty
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Carlovingian, Carolingian
a member of the Carolingian dynasty
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Cheops, Khufu
Egyptian Pharaoh of the 27th century BC who commissioned the Great Pyramid at Giza
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czar, tsar, tzar
a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)
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emperor
the male ruler of an empire
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feudal lord, seigneur, seignior
a man of rank in the ancient regime
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Huayna Capac
the Incan ruler under whom the Incan empire reached its widest extent (died in 1525)
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Rex, king, male monarch
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
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Merovingian
a member of the Merovingian dynasty
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Shah, Shah of Iran, shah
title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran
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shogun
a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled Japan until the revolution of 1867-68
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strongman
a powerful political figure who rules by the exercise of force or violence
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autocrat, despot, tyrant
a cruel and oppressive dictator
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caudillo
a military dictator in a Spanish-speaking country