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out-of-stater

out-of-stater noun: a person visiting a state.

Noun

out-of-stater (plural out-of-staters)

  1. (US) A person visiting a state.
    • “They’re all out-of-staters, strangers to me,” Ollie said. “I didn’t ask any of them.”1980, Stephen King, The Mist, Viking Press
    • When the Ohio, equipped to carry 24 long-range nuclear missiles, first arrived here in 1982, it was met by a flotilla of protest boats—some manned by out-of-staters.1984 May, “The Olympic Peninsula”, in National Geographic, volume 165, number 5

Forms of out-of-stater

pluralout-of-staters

Origin of out-of-stater

From out-of-state + -er.

Questions about out-of-stater

What does out-of-stater mean?
Out-of-stater means a person visiting a state.
What part of speech is out-of-stater?
Out-of-stater is a noun.
What is the plural of out-of-stater?
The plural of out-of-stater is out-of-staters.

Words near out-of-stater in the dictionary

  1. out-of-school learning
  2. out-of-school suspension
  3. out-of-school suspensions
  4. out-of-service
  5. out-of-state
  6. out-of-stater
  7. out-of-staters
  8. out-of-the-body
  9. out-of-the-body experience
  10. out-of-the-body experiences
  11. out-of-the-box

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