White House

Proper noun

the White House

1. (US) The official home and workplace of the President of the United States of America.
   • The evidence of supposed mass killings of white South Africans presented by Donald Trump in a tense White House meeting on Wednesday were in some cases images from the Democratic Republic of Congo, while footage shown during the meeting was falsely portrayed as depicting “burial sites”.2025 May 22, “Trump’s evidence of South Africa ‘white genocide’ contains images from Democratic Republic of Congo”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2025
2. (US, metonymically) The US presidency and its administration.
   • The White House announced its support for the new law.
   • U.S. President Joe Biden held a joint call Friday with both Niinisto and Andersson where, according to a White House statement, he “underscored his support for NATO’s Open Door policy and for the right of Finland and Sweden to decide their own future, foreign policy and security arrangements.”2022 May 14, Jari Tanner, “Putin warns Finland NATO membership would harm relations”, in AP News, archived from the original on 14 May 2022
3. (US, broadly) Any executive residence
   • Little White House
   • White House of the Confederacy
4. Synonym of Russian White House.

   Synonyms:

   Russian White House

5. A community in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
6. A city in Robertson County, Sumner County, Tennessee.
7. A community in New Kent County, Virginia, also known as White House Landing.
8. A community in Page County, Virginia.