George W. Bush
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- proper noun
- /dʒɔrdʒ dʌbəlju bʌʃ/
- In 2001, George W. Bush was inaugurated as the 43rd President of the United States.
- President George W. Bush
- the George W. Bush administration
- former President George W. Bush
Examples
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After an unprecedented level of outreach to Muslims, Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush earned AMPCC's endorsement in 2000.
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A decade later, President George W. Bush made the reverse error.
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And then, over the last eight years, under George W. Bush, Washington has done much worse.
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September 11 did alter the focus and foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration.
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The national security program of President George W. Bush reflects the Republican approach to using the military.
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As president, George W. Bush recognized this dynamic and sought to break it.
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On 15 May 2007, President George W. Bush asked the U.S. Senate to ratify the convention.
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And don't forget, President George W. Bush got his own mini-stimulus passed back in 2008.
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Only several days later, President Obama announced his reversal of George W. Bush's stem cell policy.
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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (left) meets with President George W. Bush in 2004.
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Synonyms
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A nickname for George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States
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A casual nickname for George W Bush, the former US president
Surface Forms
Morphology
George + W. + Bush
Although a learner who knows 'George', 'W.' and 'Bush' will recognize this as a personal name, the specific meaning — that this is the 43rd President of the United States (and the biographical facts) — cannot be derived from the constituent words. The referential/encyclopedic identity of a proper name is arbitrary and requires world knowledge, so this item is not compositionally transparent to learners.
Etymology
George W. Bush uses the middle initial W. to show he is a different person from his father, George H. W. Bush, and the 'W' stands for 'Walker', a family name. He was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009, so George W. Bush now refers to that son, not his father.