WASHINGTONIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Washingtonian mean? 

• WASHINGTONIAN (noun)
  The noun WASHINGTONIAN has 2 senses:

1. a native or resident of the city of Washington

2. a native or resident of the state of Washington

  Familiarity information: WASHINGTONIAN used as a noun is rare.

• WASHINGTONIAN (adjective)
  The adjective WASHINGTONIAN has 4 senses:

1. of or relating to or in the manner of George Washington

2. of or relating to the people who run the federal government

3. of or relating to the capital of the United States

4. of or relating to or in the state of Washington

  Familiarity information: WASHINGTONIAN used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WASHINGTONIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or resident of the city of Washington

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Washingtonian" is a kind of...):

American (a native or inhabitant of the United States)

Derivation:

Washingtonian (of or relating to the capital of the United States)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A native or resident of the state of Washington

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Washingtonian" is a kind of...):

American (a native or inhabitant of the United States)

Derivation:

Washingtonian (of or relating to or in the state of Washington)

• WASHINGTONIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or in the manner of George Washington

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Washington (1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799))

Derivation:

Washington (1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to the people who run the federal government

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Washingtonian politics as usual

Pertainym:

Washington (the federal government of the United States)

Derivation:

Washington (the federal government of the United States)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Of or relating to the capital of the United States

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Washingtonian museums

Pertainym:

Washington (the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791)

Derivation:

Washington (the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791)

Washingtonian (a native or resident of the city of Washington)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Of or relating to or in the state of Washington

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Washington (a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific)

Derivation:

Washington (a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific)

Washingtonian (a native or resident of the state of Washington)