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166. Defender

  1. Bryan, William Jennings (18601925) defended Creationism in famous Scopes trial. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 383384]
  2. Canisius, St. Peter Jesuit theologian; buttressed Catholic faith against Protestantism. [Christian Hagiog.: Attwater, 276]
  3. Daniel halts Susannas execution; gets her acquitted. [Apocrypha: Daniel and Susanna]
  4. Darrow, Clarence (18571938) lawyer; Bryans nemesis in Scopes trial (1925). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 131]
  5. Defender of the Faith Henry VIII as defender of the papacy against Martin Luther (1521). [Br. Hist.: EB, 8: 769772]
  6. Defenders, The father-son lawyer team in early 1960s. [TV: Terrace, I, 197]
  7. Donatello Miriams ardent friend ever ready to defend her. [Am. Lit.: The Marble Faun ]
  8. Hector bravely defended Troy against Greek siege for ten years. [Gk. Lit.: Iliad ]
  9. Mason, Perry detective novels and TV series feature courtroom drama by lawyer. [Am. Lit.: Gardner, Erie Stanley, in EB, IV: 416; Radio: Buxton, 186187; TV : Terrace, II, 199]
  10. Ridd, John defender of the parish of Oare in Somerset. [Br. Lit.: Lorna Doone, Magill I, 524526]
  11. Zola, Emile (18401902) attacked Army cover-up of Dreyfus affair in J accuse (1898 ). [Fr. Hist.: Wallechinsky, 60]

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