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statesider¹

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From Stateside + -er.

noun statesiders

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Statesider

Statesider²

  • /ˈsteɪtˌsaɪdər/ US
  • /ˈsteɪtˌsʌɪdər/ Canada
  • /ˈsteɪtˌsaɪdə/ UK

Where it comes from

From stateside + -er.

noun Statesiders · statesider

  1. demonym A citizen of the United States, a U.S. American. In Caracas we met up with a couple of Statesiders.
  2. colloquial, demonym A native or inhabitant of any of the states of the United States or the District of Columbia. Perhaps the largest group of outsides is those from the United States, often referred to as statesiders. Statesiders come to Guam as part of the military, as teachers, as business people, lawyers or other professional or technical occupations, and as missionaries.
  3. Hawaii, demonym, obsolete A native or inhabitant of any of the 48 contiguous states of the United States or the District of Columbia. Besides being a young lady of only eight, she is a statesider […]

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@misc{statesider_2026,
  title = {statesider},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/statesider},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}