Washington

noun

1. 1

   the federal government of the United States

2. 2

   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

3. 3

   a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific

4. 4

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

5. 5

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