Washington

['wɔʃɪŋtən]

Definition

(noun.) 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.

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

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

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

Edited by Ian--From WordNet

Examples

In a still narrower sense the truth of the Preacher's declaration is apparent:-- In an address before the Anthropological Society of Washington in 1885, the late Prof. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
The next day, the 3d, I was ordered to Washington. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Scientists in both England and America had realized the possibility of the telegraph before Morse built his first working outfit in his rooms on Washington Square. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Page in accordance with his subsequent patent of 1854, drew a train of cars from Washington to Bladensburg at a rate of nineteen miles an hour. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Then Hubbard discovered a young man in Washington who impressed him as having remarkable executive ability. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
His suggestions were finally approved, although they did not immediately find favor in Washington. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
He then laid a telegraph from Washington to Baltimore under the auspices of the United States Government, which after long hesitation appropriated $30,000 for the purpose. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Not long ago a prominent senator remarked that he didn't know much about the country, because he had spent the last few months in Washington. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
I had said to Halleck that Plymouth and Washington, North Carolina, were unnecessary to hold. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
On this same visit to Washington I had my last interview with the President before reaching the James River. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
In Washington he has made his home, and there scientists of all lands call to pay their respects to the patriarch of American inventors. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Of my coming to Washington. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
Two years thereafter, Mr. Emile Berliner of Washington had invented the _gramophone_, which consists in etching on a metallic plate the record of voice waves. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Sheridan having left Washington on the 18th, reached Winchester that night. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
In detaching such a force, the brigade of the cavalry now en route from Washington via Rockville may be taken into account. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
It would excuse theft in Washingtons and Wellingtons, and unchastity in women as well. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

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