washingtonian

Noun · Adjective

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)

  1. a native or resident of the city of WashingtonType of American
  2. a native or resident of the state of WashingtonType of American

Adjective (4)

  1. of or relating to or in the manner of George WashingtonRelating to President Washington
  2. of or relating to the people who run the federal government“Washingtonian politics as usual”Relating to Washington
  3. of or relating to the capital of the United States“Washingtonian museums”Relating to Washington D.C.
  4. of or relating to or in the state of WashingtonRelating to Wash.

Related words President Washington noun, Washington noun, Washington D.C. noun, Wash. noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Wash′ing·to′ni·an adjective

1. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, George Washington; as, a Washingtonian policy. James Russell Lowell

2. Designating, or pertaining to, a temperance society and movement started in Baltimore in 1840 on the principle of total abstinence. — noun A member of the Washingtonian Society.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

The Devil's Dictionary

WASHINGTONIAN, n. A Potomac tribesman who exchanged the privilege of governing himself for the advantage of good government. In justice to him it should be said that he did not want to.

They took away his vote and gave instead The right, when he had earned, to _eat_ his bread. In vain -- he clamors for his "boss," pour soul, To come again and part him from his roll. Offenbach Stutz

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