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Staten Islander

Staten Islander proper noun: a native or inhabitant of Staten Island, New York.

Proper noun

Staten Islander (plural Staten Islanders)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Staten Island, New York.
    • “Come on, now, you’re gonna make everybody believe that old saw about Staten Islanders talking too much.”2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Orbit, page 94

Forms of Staten Islander

pluralStaten Islanders

Origin of Staten Islander

From Staten Island + -er.

Questions about Staten Islander

What does Staten Islander mean?
Staten Islander means a native or inhabitant of Staten Island, New York.
What part of speech is Staten Islander?
Staten Islander is a proper noun.

Words near Staten Islander in the dictionary

  1. statements of intent
  2. statemonger
  3. statemongers
  4. Staten
  5. Staten Island
  6. Staten Islander
  7. Staten Islanders
  8. Statens
  9. Statenville
  10. stateprison
  11. stateprisons

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