washingtonian Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a native or resident of the city of Washington
  2. noun a native or resident of the state of Washington
  3. adjective of or relating to or in the manner of George Washington
  4. adjective of or relating to the people who run the federal government
    • Washingtonian politics as usual
  5. adjective of or relating to the capital of the United States
    • Washingtonian museums
  6. adjective of or relating to or in the state of Washington

WordNet

Wash`ing*to"ni*an adjective
Definitions
  1. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, George Washington; as, a Washingtonian policy. Lowell.
  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.

Webster 1913