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Noun: Bryan  brI-un
  1. A town of east central Texas
     
  2. United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925)
    - William Jennings Bryan, Great Commoner, Boy Orator of the Platte

Type of: attorney, lawyer, pol [N. Amer, informal], political leader, politician, politico [informal], pollie [Austral, informal], polly [Austral, informal], town

Part of: Lone-Star State, Tex., Texas, TX

Encyclopedia: Bryan, Ohio

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