Interstater
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Interstater is a noun meaning (chiefly Australia and US) One who, or that which, is from another state.
Meaning
(chiefly Australia and US) One who, or that which, is from another state.
Example Sentences
I had to remind myself every time I entered a highway; 'you are a local driver, not an interstater — take the next exit!'
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.
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.
But the only ships that came to salute the rusty hulks of a couple of old trawlers pensioned off against the jetty were an interstater once a fortnight, smartly painted Norwegian freighters in the apple season, and drab, dusty wheat ships…
Word Forms
- interstaters
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include outstater, out-of-stater, statesider, statemate, stater, out-of-towner.
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