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Noun: Madison  ma-di-sun
  1. 4th President of the United States; member of the Continental Congress and rapporteur at the Constitutional Convention in 1787; helped frame the Bill of Rights (1751-1836)
    - James Madison, President Madison
     
  2. Capital of the state of Wisconsin; located in the southern part of state; site of the main branch of the University of Wisconsin
    - capital of Wisconsin

Type of: Chief Executive, POTUS [US, informal], President, President of the United States, state capital, United States President

Part of: Badger State, WI, Wis., Wisc., Wisconsin

Encyclopedia: Madison, SD