JOHN RUTLEDGE

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• JOHN RUTLEDGE (noun)
  The noun JOHN RUTLEDGE has 1 sense:

1. United States jurist and second chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; he was appointed by George Washington and briefly served as chief justice but was ultimately rejected by the United States Senate (1739-1800)

  Familiarity information: JOHN RUTLEDGE used as a noun is very rare.

• JOHN RUTLEDGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States jurist and second chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; he was appointed by George Washington and briefly served as chief justice but was ultimately rejected by the United States Senate (1739-1800)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

John Rutledge; Rutledge

Instance hypernyms:

chief justice (the judge who presides over a supreme court)