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单词 washingtonian
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Washingtoniann.adj.

Brit. /ˌwɒʃɪŋˈtəʊnɪən/, U.S. /ˌwɔʃɪŋˈtoʊniən/, /ˌwɑʃɪŋˈtoʊniən/
Etymology: formed as Washington n. + -ian suffix.
A. n.
1. A supporter or admirer of George Washington and his political standpoint. Obsolete.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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n.adj.1789
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