Source : WordNet®

Washington
     n 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 [syn: {Washington
          D.C.}, {American capital}, {capital of the United States}]
     2: a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific [syn: {Evergreen
        State}, {WA}]
     3: the federal government of the United States [syn: {Capitol}]
     4: 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of
        the Continental Army during the American Revolution
        (1732-1799) [syn: {George Washington}, {President
        Washington}]
     5: United States educator who was born a slave but became
        educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama
        (1856-1915) [syn: {Booker T. Washington}, {Booker
        Taliaferro Washington}]