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Word: thebaptist (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Usage:

...McCarthy backer) William Clay Ford. If the committee nominates McCarthy, he will be a "deadly serious" candidate, he promised, though he has happily never been deadly serious in his discourse for more than a few sentences. Eugene J. promptly demonstrated that by comparing his role to that of John theBaptist preceding Jesus in the desert: "If no one else had shown up, he might have gone ahead with the movement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: St. Gene the Baptist | 9/9/1974 | See Source »

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