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Camp David

Camp David

34 3.2
A private house in Maryland where the US President meets leaders and rests
  • proper noun
  • /kæmp ˈdeɪvɪd/
translation icon : Camp David
  • The President's at Camp David for a weekend retreat to relax and meet with advisors.
  • Camp David Accords
  • Camp David negotiations
  • Camp David meeting

So Robert Mueller went to Camp David with this report expecting praise and thanks for it.

Examples

  • We were told we were going to Camp David to meet with President Haney.

    My Fellow Americans (1996)

  • The president reaffirmed "ironclad" U.S. support for Israel and for the Camp David Peace Process.

    Academic text (1991)

  • And he was in a car going out to Camp David with with the senator.

  • We have transportation to Camp David on the way.

    My Fellow Americans (1996)

  • We're going to secretly meet with me at Camp David on Sunday.

  • He's spending an extra day at Camp David.

    First Daughter (1999)

  • You're supposed to be at Camp David.

    First Daughter (1999)

  • My orders didn't mention Camp David.

    My Fellow Americans (1996)

  • PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): President Bush meets with his war council at Camp David, Saturday, March 22, 2003.

    Academic text (2007)

  • In September 1978, Carter presided over the Camp David Accords hoping to establish self-rule for the Palestinians.

    Academic text (2005)

Synonyms

White House
vsCamp David
176 1.9

The government building in Washington, D.C. where the US president lives and works

is a country retreat used for meetings and recreation away from the capital

Surface Forms

Camp David main

Morphology

Camp + David

Camp David is a proper name for a specific presidential retreat; knowing 'camp' (a place) and 'David' (a personal name) only yields the generic idea of a camp named David, not the institutional meaning 'the US President's country retreat in Maryland'. The specialized, culturally specific referent is arbitrary and not compositional, so learners who only know the parts will not infer the full meaning.

Etymology

Camp David was renamed by President Eisenhower after his grandson, so the name literally joins Camp as a country house and David as the grandson's name. That's why Camp David now means the President's private 'retreat' and meeting spot.