What does john scopes mean?

john scopes means "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)".

What is another word for john scopes?

Close synonyms include Scopes, John Thomas Scopes. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is john scopes a common word?

john scopes is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

john scopes — meaning, pronunciation and definition

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1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
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)
SynonymsScopes John Thomas Scopes
Broaderschoolteacher

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What does john scopes mean?: john scopes means "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)".
What is another word for john scopes?: Close synonyms include Scopes, John Thomas Scopes. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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