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interstater

interstater noun: one who, or that which, is from another state.

Noun

interstater (plural interstaters)

  1. (Australia, US) One who, or that which, is from another state.
    • The local operators and VicRail are not obtaining the business anyway; the interstaters are getting it and they are not putting 1 cent back into the coffers of Victoria.1978, Victoria. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).
    • It is alleged that a male child care worker from Canberra was targeted for arrest after refusing police entrance to an area of parkland where hundreds of interstaters were camped.1991, Womanspeak

Forms of interstater

pluralinterstaters

Origin of interstater

From interstate + -er.

Questions about interstater

What does interstater mean?
Interstater means one who, or that which, is from another state.
What part of speech is interstater?
Interstater is a noun.
What is the plural of interstater?
The plural of interstater is interstaters.

Words near interstater in the dictionary

  1. interstanzaic
  2. interstapedial
  3. interstate
  4. interstate compact
  5. interstate compacts
  6. interstater
  7. interstaters
  8. interstates
  9. interstation
  10. interstatus
  11. interstellar

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