Dictionary definition for: Washington

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Dictionary definition for: Washington

1. (n) 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. (n) a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific

3. (n) the federal government of the United States

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

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

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