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Virginian /vəˈdʒɪnɪən /adjective1Relating to or characteristic of the US state of Virginia or its inhabitants: a Virginian family...- She spoke with a strong Virginian accent.
- While his wife is still sleeping and the dogs are in their baskets, he steps outside his farmhouse and takes in the beauty of the Virginian countryside.
- He came to the small Virginian mining town from Chicago with his wife and four sons two years ago.
2Relating to or made from a type of tobacco grown and manufactured in Virginia: his favourite blend of Virginian tobacco the scent of a Virginian cigarette was wafted to them...- He felt that it would be cost-saving to make cigarettes out of Virginian tobacco.
- The maize was divided up into horizon touching plantations that Virginian tobacco growers would have gasped at.
- One of our fellows offered a German a cigarette; the German said, "Is it Virginian?"
noun1A native or inhabitant of the US state of Virginia: a Virginian who did social work...- A native Virginian, Glover had nurtured his appreciation for the decorative arts while he was a student.
- In the earliest days of women's bodybuilding, a diminutive Virginian became the torchbearer for smaller competitors.
- Touting the park's scenic grandeur might convince Virginians to favor the park.
2A type of tobacco grown and manufactured in Virginia: he was the sort of type that would only appreciate and only smoke Virginian...- She suspected he was the sort of type that would only appreciate and only smoke Virginian.
- The biographer resolved to ascertain whether George really did wear boots and spurs, and smoke Virginian in a short pipe.
- Nearly all smokers had habitually smoked Virginian.
2.1A cigarette made of tobacco grown in Virginia: he was smoking a Virginian while playing backgammon with a friend under stress, the raw crude lift of the Virginian is what men need...- He is smoking a Virginian about the size of a marshal's baton.
- I'll smoke a Virginian, if I may, but I don't want to intrude on you.
- I sat in the library with my crutches by the side of my armchair and a packet of Virginians on my lap.
RhymesArgentinian, Arminian, Augustinian, Carthaginian, Darwinian, dominion, Guinean, Justinian, Ninian, Palestinian, Sardinian |