Watergate

  1. Proper noun.  An American political scandal (beginning with a burglary in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC in 1972) that eventually led to resignation of US President Richard Nixon.
  2. Noun.  a gate opening onto water, or only or mainly accessible by water.

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