HyperDic: john_scopes

English > 1 sense of the expression *John Scopes*:
NOUN	person	John Scopes, Scopes, John Thomas Scopes	Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution

English > *John Scopes*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
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	Scopes, John Thomas Scopes
Instance of	schoolteacher, school teacher	A teacher in a school below the college level