Definition of Old Dominion State

1. Noun. A state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Old Dominion State

Old Blighty
Old Breton
Old Bulgarian
Old Bullion
Old Catalan
Old Catholic
Old Catholic Church
Old Chinese
Old Church Slavic
Old Church Slavonic
Old Colony
Old Cornish
Old Dart
Old Delhi
Old Dominion
Old Dominion State (current term)
Old Dutch
Old Earth Creationism
Old East Slavic
Old East Slavonic
Old Egyptian
Old English
Old English Sheepdog
Old English Sheepdogs
Old English sheepdog
Old Etonian
Old Faithful
Old Father Thames
Old Father Time
Old Frankish

Literary usage of Old Dominion State

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of William H. Seward by William Henry Seward (1888)
"You will no longer hereafter hear of the " Old Dominion " state. Dominion has been passing away from Virginia long ago. Pennsylvania is no longer the ..."

2. A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in by E. Polk Johnson, Lewis Publishing Company (1912)
"The latter was a son of Dr. John W. Tompkins. who likewise was born in the Old Dominion state and who was one of the early representatives of the dental ..."

3. Great American Legislators: Source Extracts by Howard Walter Caldwell (1900)
"Yon will not longer hereafter hear of the " Old Dominion " state. Dominion has been passing away from Virginia long ago. Pennsylvania is no longer the ..."

4. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"Ole Virginia never tire (American), a time-honoured expression applied to the Old Dominion State, or the Mother of Presidents. It is generally heard, ..."

5. Some Old Historic Landmarks of Virginia and Maryland: Described in a Hand by William H. Snowden (1904)
"It will always be one of the places of the Old Dominion state to attract pilgrimages from lands afar, on account of its interesting historic associations; ..."

6. A History of Texas and Texans by Francis White Johnson, Ernest William Winkler (1914)
"He himself is a native of the Old Dominion State, having been born in Prince George county, Virginia, September 17, ..."

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