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RUTLEDGE
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• RUTLEDGE (noun)
The noun 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: RUTLEDGE used as a noun is very rare.
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)
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