1. (n.)Washington George, 1732–99, U.S. general: 1st president of the U.S. 1789–97.
2. Washington Martha (Martha Dandridge), 1732–1802, wife of George.
3. Washington Also called Washington, D.C. the capital of the United States, on the Potomac: coextensive with the District of Columbia. 572,059.
4. Washington a state in the NW United States, on the Pacific coast. 5,894,121; 68,192 sq. mi. (176,615 sq. km).
5. Washington Mount, a mountain in N New Hampshire, in the White Mountains: highest peak in the northeastern U.S. 6293 ft. (1918 m).
6. Washington Lake, a lake in W Washington, near Seattle. 20 mi. (32 km) long.
Definition of 'washington'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)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. (noun)Washington, Evergreen State, WA a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
3. (noun)Capital, Washington the federal government of the United States
4. (noun)Washington, George Washington, President Washington 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the AmericanRevolution (1732-1799)
5. (noun)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)
Definitions of 'washington'
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
1. washington capital of the United States, in the district of Columbia, on the leftbank of the Potomac, 35 in. SW. of Baltimore; was founded in 1791, and made the seat of the Government in 1800; it is regularly laid out, possesses a number of noble buildings, many of them of marble, the chiefbeing the Capitol, an imposing structure, where the Senate and Congress sit; near it, 1½ m. distant, is the White House, the residence of the President, standing in grounds beautifully laid out and adorned with fountains and shrubbery.
2. washington a NW. State of the American Union, twice the size of Ireland; lies N. of Oregon; is traversed by the Cascade Mountains, the highest 8138 ft., and has a rugged surface of hill and valley, but is a great wheat-growing and grazing territory, covered on the W. by forests of pine and cedar; Olympia is the capital. Washington is the name of hundreds of places in the States.