Library / English Dictionary

SCOPES

Pronunciation (US):

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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:

Nouns denoting people

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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