How many different names for "ruler" or "king" or "governor" cany you think of?

Question

Historical, political, and cultural positions would be great too. So anything like Sheik, Pharaoh, viceroy, regent, burgher.... etc. is what I'm looking for. Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus (2007) lists the following synonyms for king:

baron, caesar, caliph, crowned head, czar, emperor, gerent, imperator, kaiser, khan, magnate, maharajah, majesty, mikado, mogul, monarch, overlord, pasha, potentate, prince, rajah, rex, shah, sovereign, sultan, tycoon.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary (2006) defines a king as "a male sovereign or monarch; a man who holds by life tenure, and usually by hereditary right, the chief authority over a country or people."

Answer 2

hmmm. Lets give this a try.

Jarl (pronounced Yarl), Thane, Alderman, Daimo, Shogun, Imperator, Stratigos (technically a general, not a ruler), Margreave, Archduke, Tzar, Chieftain, Pasha, Rajah, Sultan, Caliph....

Vizer, Huscarl, Earl, Duke, Baron, Mayor, Count, Viscount...

Many others

Answer 3

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