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Definition of George Washington

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

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Literary usage of George Washington

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William Hickey, United States (1853)
"CHAPTER 4. f PROMINENT POLITICAL ACTS OF George Washington. Appointment of George Washington to be commander-in-chief of the army, by the Congress of the ..."

2. American Book Prices Current (1921)
"Signed in the Autograph of George Washington. President, and Henry Knox, ... Signed by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson with official seal attached. ..."

3. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1910)
"George Washington [1732—1799] EDWIN A. ALDERMAN THE Washingtons were English people of good stock and gentle breeding. George Washington, whose character ..."

4. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1894)
"M. Russell Thayer presented the following letters of the late George Washington Parke Custis, in which he expresses his opinion as to the relative value of ..."

5. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1897)
"General George Washington, Born Feb. 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County Virginia, ... The Tomb of George Washington. Drawn and Engraved by JW Steel, ..."

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