Washingtonian

D.C. area native

A Washingtonian is a resident of Washington, D.C., or Washington State—context usually clarifies which.

The term also describes someone from or relating to George Washington: Washingtonian ideals of civic duty. *The Washingtonian* is a magazine covering life in the D.C. metropolitan area.

As an adjective, Washingtonian describes anything pertaining to either Washington.

civic

voter

Ballot-casting citizen

insider · politico · staffer · delegate · activist · advocate · pundit · Beltway · Georgetown · commuter

founding

Constitution

Governing principles document

plantation · Martha · Potomac · monument · memorial · portrait

publication

magazine

Bound periodical with articles

nightlife · editor · columnist · review

Categories
Opposites
REGIONAL IDENTITY (D.C. vs. neighboring areas)

WashingtonianVirginian

Old Dominion native

Marylander · Baltimorean · Alaskan · Hawaiian · Philadelphian

GEOGRAPHIC IDENTITY (Washington State vs. other states)

WashingtonianOregonian

Native of the 33rd state

Californian · Idahoan · Texan · New Yorker · Floridian

POLITICAL CULTURE (D.C. insider vs. outsider)

Washingtonianoutsider

One excluded from group

heartlander · provincial · grassroots activist · populist · non-political

Family

Washingtonians

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G