Virginian
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- proper noun
- /vɜrˈdʒɪniən/
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virginiano
- Many famous figures in American history were Virginians, including Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.
- Virginian-Pilot
The Jeffersons, the Patrick Henry's, the Washingtons, those Virginians.
- The Jeffersons, the Patrick Henry's, the Washingtons, those Virginians.
- And I think what Virginians have seen is that common sense conservative policies work.
Examples
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Out of gratitude for Virginians' loyalty, King Charles II gave the colony the status of a dominion.
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And I think what Virginians have seen is that common sense conservative policies work.
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This business needs a Virginian.
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Now, his great grandfather... ...was the Virginian Patrick Henry.
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I decline to shed the blood of a fellow Virginian.
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I voted in New Jersey, and my boyfriend, who is a Virginian, voted in New Hampshire.
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These Virginians are birds of a feather.
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When I heard him at the Watergate hearings I was proud to say I was a Virginian.
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But like another great Virginian, Chief Justice Marshall, Lewis Powell is recognized by his legal colleagues throughout the nation as being a man who represents not just Virginia and the South.
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What do you think about some Virginians petitioning to secede from the union?
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Compounds
A garden flower that lives for one year with sweet smelling clusters of small pink, white, red or lilac blooms
A small tree or bush with leaves that turn bright red in autumn and clusters of red berries
A common shrub from eastern North America that makes small yellow flowers after its leaves fall
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word Virginian refers to someone or something from Virginia, a name that honors Queen Elizabeth I, the 'Virgin Queen'. So Virginian directly means 'of Virginia'.