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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

While putting herself through college, she discovered that a Virginian could legally sell up to six cars a year without a business license.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025

“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

Van Buren, meanwhile, aimed to portray Harrison, a Virginian, as an unsophisticated “country squire” who lived in a log cabin and drank hard cider, Kraig said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 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

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