Meanings
- A day celebrating George Washington and other presidents, a federal holiday in the United States, celebrated on the third Monday of February (formerly on the 22nd of February).
Two weeks later, on Presidents' Day, while Nancy was away on a speaking trip in Texas, I decided to try again and sent Gorbachev a seven-page, handwritten letter with a set of new proposals that I hoped would bring the still-deadlocked Geneva talks off dead center while responding to his proposals.
1990, Ronald Reagan, An American Life, Pocket Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 656Synonyms: Washington's Birthday
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA day celebrating George Washington and other presidents, a federal holiday in the United States, celebrated on the third Monday of February (formerly on the 22nd of February).
Translations
Portuguese Dia do Presidente
- Dia do Presidentefederal holiday
Spanish Día del Presidente
- Día del Presidentefederal holiday
Cite this entry
Presidents' Day. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Presidents'%20Day
“Presidents' Day.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Presidents'%20Day. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Presidents' Day,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Presidents'%20Day.
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