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Meaning of WASHINGTONIAN

Pronunciation:  `wâshing'towneeun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a resident of the state of Washington
  2. [n]  a resident of the city of Washington
  3. [adj]  of or relating to or in the state of Washington
  4. [adj]  of or relating to the capital of the United States; "Washingtonian museums"
  5. [adj]  of or relating to the people who run the federal government; "Washingtonian politics as usual"
  6. [adj]  of or relating to or in the manner of George Washington
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Wash`ing*to"ni*an\, a.
1. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, George Washington;
   as, a Washingtonian policy. --Lowell.
2. Designating, or pertaining to, a temperance society and
   movement started in Baltimore in 1840 on the principle of
   total abstinence. -- n. A member of the Washingtonian
   Society.
 

 

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