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SCOPES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970)
Synonyms:
John Scopes; John Thomas Scopes; Scopes
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
school teacher; schoolteacher (a teacher in a school below the college level)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (third person singular) of the verb scope
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