Watergate

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Richard Nixon, resigning from the U.S. presidency due to the Watergate scandal. As of 2024, Nixon is the only U.S. President to resign from office.
The Watergate Complex in 2006.

Etymology

From the name of the Watergate Hotel; the complex itself was named after the "Water Gate" area where symphony orchestra concerts were staged on the Potomac River between 1935 and 1965.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Watergate

  1. An American political scandal (beginning with a burglary in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC, in 1972) that eventually led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon.

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Verb

Watergate (third-person singular simple present Watergates, present participle Watergating, simple past and past participle Watergated)

  1. (transitive) To treat in a manner reminiscent of the Watergate scandal.
  2. (intransitive, somewhat rare) To engage in activities associated with the Watergate scandal.

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References

  1. ^ John Kelly (2004 December 13) “Answer Man: A Gate to Summers Past”, in The Washington Post‎, archived from the original on 18 September 2009
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