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Dictionary definition · Washington

noun

  1. the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791
  2. a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific with capital Olympia
  3. the federal government of the United States
  4. 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
  5. United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915)

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).