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JOHN MARSHALL
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• JOHN MARSHALL (noun)
The noun JOHN MARSHALL has 1 sense:
1. United States jurist; as chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principles of United States constitutional law (1755-1835)
Familiarity information: JOHN MARSHALL used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States jurist; as chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principles of United States constitutional law (1755-1835)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
John Marshall; Marshall
Instance hypernyms:
chief justice (the judge who presides over a supreme court)
jurist; legal expert (a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations)
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