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Bryan

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Bry·an  (brn)
A city of east-central Texas northwest of Houston. It is an industrial community and a research center. Population: 67,300.
Bryan, William Jennings Called "the Great Commoner" or "the Boy Orator of the Platte." 1860-1925.
American lawyer and politician who campaigned unsuccessfully for the presidency in 1896, 1900, and 1908. He is famous for his impassioned "Cross of Gold" speech advocating free silver (1896) and for his defense of fundamentalism in the Scopes trial (1925).
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Noun1.BryanBryan - United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925)
Boy Orator of the Platte, Great Commoner, William Jennings Bryan
2.Bryan - a town of east central Texas
Lone-Star State, Texas, TX - the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico


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