(chiefly US) The notion that one drop of white blood (i.e. any white ancestry at all) makes a person white.

Women, particularly mothers, have a decisive influence on the future direction of society because they raise and nurture the next generation.

Alternative form of the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a straightedge with markings.

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

A book containing a set of rules.

plural of ruler

(archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of rule

The breaking of a rule or rules.

A position in which one rules or has sovereignty over others.