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seater en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsitɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From seat + -er (measurement suffix) or -er (agent noun suffix).

Meanings

1. (attributive, in-compounds, often) A vehicle or item of furniture that has a specified seating capacity.
   • The Cub is a two-place tandem-seating craft, while the Luscombe and Cessna 120/140 are two-place side-by-side seaters. 1984, Don Dwiggins, Welcome to Flying: A Primer for Pilots, Blue Ridge Summit, P.A.: TAB Books, →ISBN, page 12:
   • “I started to think about it. He’s coming in on a two-seater experimental plane to pitch me to go on a five-seater experimental sub that he has built down to the ocean floor to see the Titanic,” Jay said. 2023 June 24, Chris Lau and Sara Smart, “‘That could’ve been us,’ say father and son who pulled out of doomed Titan trip out of safety concerns”, in CNN:
   • Toyota is developing a hydrogen fuel cell car, but the research and development costs are eye-watering. By contrast, a British firm, Riversimple, is producing a cheap, compact two-seater, which will probably come to dominate the small car market, particularly for drivers who cannot plug in a car at home. 2021 January 25, Robin Russell-Jones, “Electric cars are not the only green solution”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2023:
   • The four-seater i-oniq concept has a 1.0-litre, 3-cylinder petrol engine which is mated, via a generator, to a lithium ion electric motor which produces 109 PS. 2012 March 9, “Green cars at 2012 Geneva motor show – in pictures”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • Our new sofa is a three-seater.
   • I've heard it's a one-seater, and I really need my privacy when I go. 2023, Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer, page 33:
   • a single-seater aircraft
2. (agent, form-of) Agent noun of seat: one who seats.
   form of seat

Forms

Relateds

all-seater · sureseater · setter · two-seater · frontseater · backseater · sitter · four-seater · chair seater · all-seater stadium