Dictionary

1. (

• Washington ,
• Washington_D.C. ,
• American_capital ,
• capital_of_the_United_States

) 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. (

• Washington ,
• Evergreen_State ,
• WA ,
• Wash.

) a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific ;

3. (

• Capital ,
• Washington

) the federal government of the United States ;

4. (

• Washington ,
• George_Washington ,
• President_Washington

) 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799) ;

5. (

• Washington ,
• Booker_T._Washington ,
• Booker_Taliaferro_Washington

) United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915) ;