abhorrer: a signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred
signer: someone who signs and is bound by a document
scopes trial: a highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school; Scopes was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow; Scopes was convicted but the verdict was later reversed