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Washingtonian, n. and a.|wɒʃɪŋˈtəʊnɪən|
[f. as prec. + -ian.]
A. n.
†1. A supporter or admirer of George Washington and his political standpoint. Obs.
1789Mass. Centinel (Boston) 11 Feb. 172/3 The following gentlemen are chosen Electors... All firm federalists—and Washingtonians. 1816M. B. Smith Forty Yrs. Washington Society (1906) 134 If I was a Washingtonian you might say I worshipped the sun.
2. Hist. A member of an American temperance society founded in 1840.
1842Joliet (Illinois) Courier 2 Feb. 1/4 A meeting of Washingtonians was held at the methodist church on tuesday evening the 18th inst. 1891Cycl. Temperance & Prohibition 203/1 The ‘Washingtonians’ originated in the conversion into a temperance society in April, 1840, of a Baltimore drinking club..of six men. 1947F. D. Downey Lusty Forefathers 299 The fervor of the Washingtonians, founded by self-redeemed drunkards, felled thousands of apple trees, the fruits of which might otherwise..have become hard cider.
3. An inhabitant of Washington, D.C., or of the state of Washington.
1852M. Eastman Aunt Phillis's Cabin 234 The beautiful prospect, to which Washingtonians are so much accustomed that they are too apt not to notice it. 1892Irrigation Age 1 May 31/3 Washingtonians know a blessing when they see it. 1945Maryland Conservationist Summer–Fall 7/2 The Potomac River..is very heavily fished by Washingtonians. 1972Times 22 Dec. 5/6 Other Washingtonians, who do not have Air Force One to call on to fly them off to a viewing area, have booked motel rooms in York. 1978G. Vidal Kalki x. 227 ‘It's my fault,’ she apologized. ‘I'm the Washingtonian. I should have told you.’ 1980Blair & Ketchum's Country Jrnl. Oct. 19/3 Recently a Washingtonian informed us there's real danger that the federal government will collapse.
B. adj.
1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of George Washington or his politics.
1812Salem Gaz. 22 May 3/1 The political character of Vermont is really Washingtonian. 1858A. Lincoln Coll. Wks. (1953) III. 19 Fighting it in the Jeffersonian, Washingtonian, and Madisonian fashion. 1902‘Mark Twain’ in N. Amer. Rev. May 614 The Washingtonian character would not have been built. 1919G. B. Shaw Peace Conference Hints ii. 21 The United States were still in the Washingtonian phase of non-intervention.
2. Of or pertaining to the Washingtonian Temperance Society or the practice of temperance that it advocated.
1842Knickerbocker XX. 298 The festival was conducted on the Washingtonian principle. 1880Harper's Mag. Jan. 191/2 Its influence is still visible in the Washingtonian homes which usefully supplement the charities of our large cities. 1911Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 579/2 In the United States a flash of enthusiasm of a similar character, but on a smaller scale, known as the Washingtonian movement, had appeared.
3. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an inhabitant of Washington, D.C., or the state of Washington.
1961in Webster. 1977L. Meyer Capitol Crime iv. 26 There was nothing particularly Washingtonian about Reilly... Washington is full of people..who once had..ideas about changing things. |