单词 | washingtonian |
释义 | Washingtoniann.adj. A. n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > principles or policies > of specific politician or support for > adherent or supporter of Washingtonian1789 Clintonian1792 Jeffersonian1799 Jacksonite1819 Jacksonian1824 Williamsite1833 Crokerist1901 Monroeist1901 Wilsonian1921 Wallaceite1948 Nixonite1950 McCarthyite1952 Nixonian1960 Goldwaterite1963 Reaganite1965 Wallaceite1968 McGovernite1972 Reaganaut1980 Clintonite1992 1789 Mass. Centinel (Boston) 11 Feb. 172/3 The following gentlemen are chosen Electors... All firm federalists—and Washingtonians. 1816 M. B. Smith 40 Years Washington Society (1906) 134 If I was a Washingtonian you might say I worshipped the sun. 2. Historical. A member of an American temperance society founded in 1840. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [noun] > total abstinence > total abstainer water-drinker1440 abstainerc1475 Rechabite1637 drink-watera1641 hydropotist1678 hydropot1727 teetotal1834 teetotaller1834 teetotalist1840 Washingtonian1842 Good Templar1853 teetotalleress1854 blue-ribbonist1858 nephalist1861 total abstainer1862 blue-ribbonite1867 totec1870 Templar1874 blue ribboner1878 total abstinent1882 water butt1882 white ribboner1886 non-drinker1910 pioneer1912 T.T.1922 1842 Joliet (Illinois) Courier 2 Feb. 1/4 A meeting of Washingtonians was held at the methodist church on tuesday evening the 18th inst. 1891 Cycl. 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. 1947 F. D. Downey Our 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. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > specific state > states Marylander1640 Rhode Islander1665 Jerseyman1679 Pennsylvanian1685 Carolinian1705 Georgian1732 Marylandian1750 Jersey blue1758 Californian1762 Louisianian1775 Mississippian1775 Acadian1776 Vermonteer1778 Kentuckian1779 Vermontese1783 Indianian1784 Cohee1786 Kentuck1789 Virginian1797 Michiganian1813 Michigan1814 Tennessean1815 Ohioan1818 Illinoian1819 Ohian1819 Missourian1820 buckeye1823 Vermonter1825 Hoosier1826 red horse1833 sucker1833 wolverine1833 puke1834 corn-cracker1835 Texian1835 Alaskan1836 Texan1837 Michigander1838 Oregonian1838 Rackensack1839 Arkansian1844 badger1844 Bay Stater1845 Lone Star Stater1845 Oregonese1845 tar-boiler1845 weasel1845 web foot1845 Alabaman1846 Iowanc1848 Arkansan1851 Minnesotian1851 Washingtonian1852 Minnesotan1854 Nebraskan1854 Kansian1855 Utahan1855 Floridan1856 fly-up-the-creek1857 Dakotian1861 Coloradan1862 Coloradian1862 Texican1863 Coloradoan1864 tarheel1864 Cajun1868 Kansan1868 Montanian1869 Floridian1870 mudcat1872 New Jerseyan1872 Arkansawyer1874 longhorn1876 Mainer1879 New Jerseyite1885 prune picker1892 Hawaiian1893 Oklahoman1894 Tex1909 blue hen's chicken1921 Tejano1925 Geechee1926 Arkie1927 sooner1930 wyomingite1930 New Mexican1940 Okie1948 1852 M. H. 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. 1892 Irrigation Age 1 May 31/3 Washingtonians know a blessing when they see it. 1945 Maryland Conservationist Summer–Fall 7/2 The Potomac River..is very heavily fished by Washingtonians. 1972 Times 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. 1978 G. Vidal Kalki x. 227 ‘It's my fault,’ she apologized. ‘I'm the Washingtonian. I should have told you.’ 1980 Blair & 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. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [adjective] > relating to or supporting specific politician Madisonian1794 Jeffersonian1800 Washingtonian1812 Franklinian1814 Jacksonian1824 Rooseveltian1889 Wilsonian1921 Rooseveltian1932 McCarthyist1952 Nixonian1952 Nixonite1957 Reaganesque1969 Reaganite1969 Trumanesque1974 Wallaceite1984 Clintonite1992 Franklinized- 1812 Salem Gaz. 22 May 3/1 The political character of Vermont is really Washingtonian. 1858 A. Lincoln Coll. Wks. (1953) III. 19 Fighting it in the Jeffersonian, Washingtonian, and Madisonian fashion. 1902 ‘M. Twain’ in N. Amer. Rev. May 614 The Washingtonian character would not have been built. 1919 G. B. Shaw Peace Conf. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [adjective] > total abstinence > total abstinence society Washingtonian1842 1842 Knickerbocker 20 298 The festival was conducted on the Washingtonian principle. 1880 Harper's Mag. Jan. 191/2 Its influence is still visible in the Washingtonian homes which usefully supplement the charities of our large cities. 1911 Encycl. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [adjective] > states Pennsylvanian1698 Alaskan1807 Arkansan1850 Oklahoman1901 aloha1936 Washingtonian1961 1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1977 L. Meyer Capitol Crime iv. 26 There was nothing particularly Washingtonian about Reilly... Washington is full of people..who once had..ideas about changing things. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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