Definitions

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  • adjective Of, or pertaining to, Virginia or its culture.
  • noun An inhabitant or a resident of the state of Virginia.

Etymologies

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Virginia +‎ -an

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Examples

  • Another elite gymnast Ashley Caldwell — at 16, the Virginian is the youngest competitor — grabbed the 12th and final spot.

    U.S. men, St. Onge, Peterson ready to fly high in aerials finals 2010

  • This Virginian is for modern progressive policy, and against medieval conservative hogwash.

    Deeds launches new offensive in Virginia race 2009

  • He's spoken to who knows how many callers over the decades, yet he can't tell a Virginian from a New Orleanian?

    Archive 2007-06-01 2007

  • Actually, I believe that had the SurveyUSA poll been accurately weighted for partisanship (Republicans will not be over 40% of the electorate in Virginian let alone 42%) it would have showed Webb ahead also.

    DSCC POLL 2006

  • Grade inflation at Virginia universities nice investigative report in Virginian-Pilot.

    Archive 2003-02-01 liz donovan 2003

  • Grade inflation at Virginia universities nice investigative report in Virginian-Pilot.

    Behind the News: February 2003 liz donovan 2003

  • The word Virginian was related to pretty nearly everything that most Virginians had ever known or felt.

    Public Opinion Walter Lippmann 1931

  • Thus the plain Virginian farmer became a country squire.

    This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States Henrietta Elizabeth 1917

  • THE VIRGINIAN COMPLETE FIRST SEASON ($79.98; Timeless Media) -- Like their reissue of Wagon Train, this is a carefully remastered collection of an iconic TV show based on the classic novel by Owen Wister (well worth picking up) and starring James Drury as the man with no name Virginian and Lee J. Cobb for the first four seasons as Judge Garth.

    Michael Giltz: DVDs: Latest Foyle, Best Alice, Last Station 2010

  • The Virginian was the first movie for which DeMille took sole credit Picturized by Cecil B.

    Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

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