out-of-stater en · NOUN
Etymology
From out-of-state + -er.
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| out-of-staters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |