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ROGER BROOKE TANEY

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• ROGER BROOKE TANEY (noun)
The noun ROGER BROOKE TANEY has 1 sense:

1. United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; remembered for his ruling that slaves and their descendants have no rights as citizens (1777-1864)

Familiarity information: ROGER BROOKE TANEY used as a noun is very rare.

• ROGER BROOKE TANEY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; remembered for his ruling that slaves and their descendants have no rights as citizens (1777-1864)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Roger Brooke Taney; Roger Taney; Taney

Instance hypernyms:

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

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