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    SCOPES

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     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)play

    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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