1Relating 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?"’
noun
1A 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.’
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