interstater

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noun

One who, or that which, is from another state.

Scrabble 11

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nouninterstater (plural interstaters)

plural interstaters

  1. AustraliaUSOne who, or that which, is from another state.

    I had to remind myself every time I entered a highway; 'you are a local driver, not an interstater — take the next exit!'

    2010, Kellie Andersen, Truck Gal, →ISBN, page 91
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    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.

    1978, Victoria. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).

    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.

    1991, Womanspeak

    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…

    1996, Jennifer Anne Gregory, On the Homefront: Western Australia and World War II

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APA

interstater. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interstater

MLA

“interstater.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interstater. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interstater,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interstater.

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