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Mount Vernon

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Mount Ver·non 1  (vûrnn)
An estate of northeast Virginia on the Potomac River near Washington, D.C. It was the home of George Washington from 1752 until his death in 1799. The mansion, built in 1743 by Lawrence Washington, George's half-brother, has been restored and is open to the public.
Mount Ver·non 2  (vûrnn)
A city of southeast New York adjacent to the Bronx. Primarily residential, it was laid out as a planned community in the 1850s. Population: 68,400.
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Noun1.Mount VernonMount Vernon - the former residence of George Washington in northeastern Virginia overlooking the Potomac river
Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA, Virginia - a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War


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It was to consist of about twenty bright people, and they'd go down the Potomac to Mount Vernon.
Pandora by James, Henry View in context
The sun is rising brilliantly; we are passing Mount Vernon, where Washington lies buried; the river is wide and rapid; and its banks are beautiful.
American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context
At his residence at Mount Vernon, in March, 1785, the first idea was started of a revisal of the Articles of Confederation, by the organization, of means differing from that of a compact between the State Legislatures and their own delegates in Congress.
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