Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun john_witherspoon

1 sense of john witherspoon

Sense 1
Witherspoon, John Witherspoon -- (American Revolutionary leader and educator (born in Scotland) who signed of the Declaration of Independence and was president of the college that became Princeton University (1723-1794))
       INSTANCE OF=> American Revolutionary leader -- (a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States)
       INSTANCE OF=> educator, pedagogue, pedagog -- (someone who educates young people)