chief justice
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1. the judge who presides over a supreme court (noun.person)
hypernym | : | judge, jurist, justice, |
definition | : | a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | ellsworth, oliver ellsworth, |
definition | : | United States jurist and the third chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1807) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | charles evans hughes, hughes, |
definition | : | United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1862-1948) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | jay, john jay, |
definition | : | United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | john marshall, marshall, |
definition | : | United States jurist; as chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principles of United States constitutional law (1755-1835) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | rehnquist, william hubbs rehnquist, william rehnquist, |
definition | : | United States jurist who served as an associate justice on the United States Supreme Court from 1972 until 1986, when he was appointed chief justice (born in 1924) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | john rutledge, rutledge, |
definition | : | 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) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | president taft, taft, william howard taft, |
definition | : | 27th President of the United States and later chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1857-1930) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | roger brooke taney, roger taney, taney, |
definition | : | 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) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | frederick moore vinson, vinson, |
definition | : | United States jurist who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court (1890-1953) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | earl warren, warren, |
definition | : | United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1891-1974) (noun.person) |
domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
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