out-of-stater

noun

A person visiting a state.

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Meanings

nounout-of-stater (plural out-of-staters)

plural out-of-staters

  1. USA 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
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    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

Origin

From out-of-state + -er.

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“out-of-stater.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out-of-stater. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “out-of-stater,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out-of-stater.

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