Washington of Africa (The). William Wilberforce is so called by Lord Byron. As Washington was the chief instrument in liberating America, so Wilberforce was the chief instigator of slave emancipation.
Thou moral Washington of Africa.
Don Juan, xiv. 82 (1824).
Washington of Colombia, Simon Bolivar (1785-1831).
Wasky, Sir Iring’s sword.
Right through the head-piece straight
The knight Sir Hagan paid,
With his resistless Wasky,
That sharp and peerless blade.
Nibelungen Lied, 35 (1210).