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
2. a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
3. the federal government of the United States
4. 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
5. United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915)