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Noun: Witherspoon  'wi-dhur`spoon
  1. American Revolutionary leader and educator (born in Scotland) who signed of the Declaration of Independence and was president of the college that became Princeton University (1723-1794)
    - John Witherspoon

Type of: American Revolutionary leader, educator, pedagog [US], pedagogue

Encyclopedia: Witherspoon, Gary Witherspoon, Reese