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STATER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stater mean?
• STATER (noun)
The noun STATER has 2 senses:
1. any of the various silver or gold coins of ancient Greece
2. a resident of a particular state or group of states
Familiarity information: STATER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of the various silver or gold coins of ancient Greece
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("stater" is a kind of...):
coin (a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A resident of a particular state or group of states
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
farm staters
Hypernyms ("stater" is a kind of...):
occupant; occupier; resident (someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there)
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