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Washingtonn.

Brit. /ˈwɒʃɪŋt(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈwɔʃɪŋtən/, /ˈwɑʃɪŋtən/
Etymology: Name of George Washington (1732–99), first president of the United States of America.
U.S.
1. Washington lily n. a tall lily, Lilium washingtonianum, that grows in the mountains of the Pacific Coast of North America and bears white flowers.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > lilies
lily971
lily-flower1340
martagon1440
delucea1450
red lily1531
purple lily1578
mountain lily1597
gold lily1629
Turk's cap1672
turn-cap1688
Juno's rose1706
orange lily1731
Canada lily1771
Japan lily1813
tiger-lily1824
Annunciation lily1853
Easter lily1860
golden-rayed lily1865
scarlet martagon1867
Japanese lily1870
Madonna lily1877
Bermuda lily1882
thimble lily1883
panther lily1884
triplet lily1884
turban-lily1884
Mary-lily1893
tiger1901
leopard lily1902
lilium1902
swamp lily1902
Washington lily1911
Shasta lily1915
regal lily1916
regale1920
Oregon lily1925
1859 A. Kellogg in Hesperian (San Francisco) III. 340 (caption) Lady Washington lily.
1863 Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci. 2 13 Dr. Kellogg also exhibited a drawing and growing specimens of a new species of lily from the Sierra Nevada... L. washingtonianum (Kellogg) Lady Washington Lily... Stem erect, glabrous, three to four feet high, two or more flowers on peduncles four to five inches long.]
1911 J. Muir My First Summer in Sierra 43 Here and there a Washington lily may be seen nodding above its even surface.
1937 J. H. McFarland et al. Garden Bulbs 155 There are several varieties of this Washington or Shasta Lily.
2. Washington pie n. (a) some kind of pie; (b) a light cake made of sponge layers with a jam or jelly (†or cream) filling.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > pie > [noun] > other pies
crustade?c1390
flampointc1390
custardc1450
standing pie1587
pudding pie1593
French pie1611
pirog1662
battalia pie1664
tourte1706
custard pie1729
raised pie1740
sea-pie1751
cream pie1816
pot-pie1823
scrap-pie1829
resurrection pie1831
chess pie1860
Washington pie1878
milk tart1896
angel pie1923
chiffon pie1929
melktert1938
plate pie1946
banoffi pie1974
banoffi1994
1878 N. A. Donnelley Lakeside Cook Bk. 33/1 Washington pie.
1904 F. M. Farmer Boston Cooking-School Cook Bk. xxxi. 421 Mix and bake Cream Pie. Put raspberry jam or jelly between layers.
1905 J. C. Lincoln Partners of Tide i. 10 Won't you have somethin' to eat? One of them turnovers or some Washington pie, or somethin', hey?
1968 E. R. Buckler Ox Bells & Fireflies xv. 231 The taste of the Christmas ribbon candy, and the fleeting taste of the good-luck thimble and the birthday wedge of Washington pie.

Draft additions 1993

3. The name of the city of Washington, D.C., capital of the United States and seat of the federal government, used to designate the U.S. government or any of its departments.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > [noun] > the American government
big government1925
Washingtona1930
Feds1943
a1930 D. H. Lawrence Phoenix II (1968) 255 I have an Englishman wants to go into the United States: Washington has given him a visa.
1948 A. Cooke in Manch. Guardian Weekly 26 Feb. 4/2 Washington has evidently decided to throw the ball to the Soviet Union.
1963 P. Fleming Kolchak iv. 51 Washington, though unaware of this..rejected the idea on a point of principle.
1973 Times 11 Jan. 10/6 There never was much ‘reality’ about Washington's presence in Vietnam from the moment when the first quiet Americans moved in.
1991 Harper's Mag. Jan. 75/1 Ever since the fateful day when..the emir of Kuwait and his extended family were unfeelingly translated from yacht people to boat people, Washington has been waffling about the rights of the Kuwaiti..victims.

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Washingtoˈnologist n. [parallel to Kremlinologist n. at Kremlin n. Derivatives] a person who studies or is an expert in the workings of the U.S. government, etc.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > [noun] > the American government > one who studies
Washingtonologist1968
1968 Guardian 2 Apr. 11/1 The ‘Washingtonologists’ in Moscow must be getting their files out to see what is in it for the Soviet Union—and for the world.
1976 Guardian Weekly 19 Sept. 8/3 This impression is strengthened by some of the questions which the Kremlin's own Washingtonologists have lately been asking.
1980 N.Y. Times 13 Nov. a35/3 All four struggles going on in Washington now are between pragmatism and principle. Washingtonologists predict pragmatism will win struggles #2 and #4, and principle will win #1 and #3.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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