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• Virginian
  Virginian

  adjective

  of or relating to the state of Virginia.
• virginian
  virginian

  adjective

  of or relating to Virginia or its inhabitants

Virginian

American  

[ver-jin-yuhn] / vərˈdʒɪn jən /

adjective

1. of or relating to the state of Virginia.

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Virginia.

virginian British  

/ vəˈdʒɪnɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Virginia or its inhabitants

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Virginia

Other Word Forms

• non-Virginian
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Virginian

First recorded in 1625–35; Virgini(a) + -an

Example Sentences

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Virginian virginian

Two years ago, she married a fellow Virginian she met hiking the nearly 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

“We’re the Wall Street of the data centre industry,” says Ms Bolthouse, who is a director of local Virginian charity and campaign group Piedmont Environmental Council.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2024

The former coach, a native West Virginian, is a longtime friend of retiring Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin and endorsed him in his 2018 reelection.

From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2024

“It is important that we resolve these issues as soon as reasonably practical as Governor Youngkin believes that every eligible Virginian should exercise his or her right to vote,” Goettman added.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2023

Now, Mary’s presence at the laboratory built on plantation land rebuked the shortsighted intolerance of her fellow Virginian.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Among many others we may particularise the fragrant white-flowered alyssum, the blue, dark purple, spotted, and white varieties of nemophila, white and pink virginian stock, and the large yellow buttercup-like flowered limnanthes.

From Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various