Washingtonian

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Washingtonian \Wash`ing*to"ni*an\, a.
     1. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, George Washington;
        as, a Washingtonian policy. --Lowell.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Washingtonian
       adj 1: of or relating to or in the manner of George Washington
       2: of or relating to the people who run the federal government;
          "Washingtonian politics as usual"
       3: of or relating to the capital of the United States;
          "Washingtonian museums"
       4: of or relating to or in the state of Washington
       n 1: a resident of the city of Washington
       2: a resident of the state of Washington

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  WASHINGTONIAN, n.  A Potomac tribesman who exchanged the privilege of
  governing himself for the advantage of good government.  In justice to
  him it should be said that he did not want to.
  
      They took away his vote and gave instead
      The right, when he had earned, to _eat_ his bread.
      In vain -- he clamors for his "boss," pour soul,
      To come again and part him from his roll.
                                                         Offenbach Stutz